The tightly packed system, named Kepler-444, is home to five small planets in very compact orbits that formed when the Milky Way galaxy was a youthful two billion years old. original
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NASA Takes Giant Leaps on the Journey to Mars, Eyes Our Home Planet and the Distant Universe, Tests Technologies and Improves the Skies Above in 2014
In 2014, NASA took significant steps on the agency’s journey to Mars — testing cutting-edge technologies and making scientific discoveries while studying our changing Earth and the infinite universe as the agency made progress on the next generation of air travel. To source
NASA Delivers Futuristic Aircraft Part to Virginia for Structural Testing
Media are invited to view the unloading of a representative test article of a futuristic hybrid wing body aircraft Thursday, Dec. 11 at the agency’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. To source
A Sunny Outlook for 'Weather' on Exoplanets
Scientists were excited to discover clear skies on a relatively small planet, about the size of Neptune, using the combined power of NASA’s Hubble, Spitzer and Kepler space telescopes. The view from this planet — were it possible to fly a spaceship into its gaseous layers — is illustrated at right. original
New NASA Kepler Mission Data Q&A
On May 28, 2013, NASA’s Kepler mission delivered new data to the NASA Exoplanet Archive. original
Kepler Mission Manager Update
Following the apparent failure of reaction wheel 4, engineers were successful at transitioning the spacecraft to Point Rest State. original
Kepler Mission Manager Update
At our semi-weekly contact on Tuesday, May 14, 2013, we found the Kepler spacecraft once again in safe mode. original
NASA Hosts Kepler Spacecraft Status Teleconference Today
NASA will host a news teleconference at 4 p.m. EDT, today, May 15, to discuss the status of the agency’s Kepler Space Telescope. original
Kepler Mission Manager Update
During a scheduled contact, engineers discovered Kepler was in a self-protective mode. The spacecraft returned to science data collection on May 6. original
Kepler Mission Manager Update
The team recently completed a monthly science data download, marking the successful completion of Quarter 16 flight operations. original
NASA TV Briefing Discusses Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer Results
NASA will hold a news conference at 1:30 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 3, to discuss the first results of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) experiment. AMS is a state-of-the-art cosmic ray particle physics detector located on the exterior of the International Space Station. To source
Astronomers Discover Planetary Odd Couple
Astronomers have discovered a pair of neighboring planets with dissimilar densities orbiting very close to each other. original
NASA's Kepler Releases New Catalog- 2,321 Planet Candidates
Since science operations began in May 2009, the Kepler team has released two catalogs of transiting planet candidates. original