Tag: kepler
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Kepler – Is The NASA Billion Earths Estimate Too Low?
Kepler keeps finding Earth-like planets The Kepler telescope, or probably better described as a complete space observatory, was launched in 2009 with the specific purpose of finding other planetary systems like our own solar system with Earth-like planets orbiting a sun. Whether we find a habitable planet or not is the question, but it sure…
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First Confirmed Warm Neptune, Comet-like Planet?
Although this is a first confirmed, warm Neptunes may be more common than expected Perhaps I should be embarrassed, but this is also the first I’ve heard of “warm Neptunes”. The article below does a very good job of describing what they are and why they look and act like a comet, but are really…
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Kepler Found Another Earth? Maybe?
Where in all the heavens could we look for another Earth? For as long as man looked in awe at the night sky, we have wondered what’s out there and how do we fit into all that enormity? Are we alone? As astronomers, physicists, mathematicians and other scientists proposed better theories and developed better tools…
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(Video) Kepler – Combing The Heavens For Another Earth
Can Kepler Find Us A New Earth? Unlike other missions, instead of looking to see what we can see, Kepler is looking for another planet like Earth. The French in an international effort and the USA are both looking, so the race is on! Both have found candidates, including the possibility of water. New tools…