A new study finds a solar system whose planets may resemble the ancient configuration of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. original
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2007 OR10: Largest Unnamed World in the Solar System
A recently published study is helping to demystify the largest known object in our solar system without an official name. original
Briefing materials: 1,284 Newly Validated Kepler Planets
Briefing materials for the announcement of 1,284 newly validated Kepler planets original
NASA to Announce Latest Kepler Discoveries During Media Teleconference
NASA will host a news teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT Tuesday, May 10 to announce the latest discoveries made by its planet-hunting mission, the Kepler Space Telescope. original
Mission Manager Q&A: Recovering The Kepler Spacecraft To Hunt For Exoplanets Again
Kepler’s mission manager tells us what happened to the spacecraft and the steps the team took to return it to the job of hunting for planets for the K2 mission. original
Promising Worlds Found Around Nearby Ultra-cool Dwarf Star
Astronomers using the TRAPPIST telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory have discovered three planets with sizes and temperatures similar to those of Venus and Earth, orbiting an ultra-cool dwarf star just 40 light-years from Earth. original
Mission Manager Update: Kepler Recovered and Returned to the K2 Mission
The Kepler spacecraft remains stable as the process of returning it to science continues. The cause of the anomaly, first reported on April 8, remains under investigation. original
Mission Manager Update: Kepler Remains Stable as Health Check Continues
The Kepler spacecraft remains stable as the process of returning it to science continues. The cause of the anomaly, first reported on April 8, remains under investigation. original
Mission Manager Update: Kepler Recovered from Emergency and Stable
Mission operations engineers successfully recovered the Kepler spacecraft from Emergency Mode on April 10, 2016. original
Mission Manager Update: Kepler spacecraft in emergency mode
During a scheduled contact on Thursday, April 7, mission operations engineers discovered that the Kepler spacecraft was in Emergency Mode. original
Searching for Far Out and Wandering Worlds
Teaming up on a global experiment in exoplanet observation, NASA’s K2 mission and Earth-based observatories on six continents will use gravitational microlensing to search for exoplanets that are too distant and dark to detect any other way. original
Caught For The First Time: The Early Flash Of An Exploding Star
For the first time, the shock breakout of a supernova has been caught original
Mission Manager Update: K2 continues to shine
Now in its eighth observing campaign, the Kepler spacecraft continues to operate beautifully as the K2 mission. original