Kepler planet candidates by size as of July 2015. original
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Kepler-444: An Ancient System with Five Planets
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
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
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
Mini Planetary System
This artist’s concept depicts an itsy bitsy planetary system – so compact, in fact, that it’s more like Jupiter and its moons than a star and its planets. Astronomers using data from NASA’s Kepler mission and ground-based telescopes recently confirmed that the system, KOI-961, hosts the three smallest exoplanets known so far to orbit a […]
HAT P7b Light Curves-Magnified
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