First Rocky Planet Discovered by NASA’s Kepler Mission
Kepler confirmed the discovery of its first rocky planet. Measuring 1.4 times the size of Earth, it is the smallest planet ever discovered outside our solar…
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The 2010 Software of the Year Award Goes to NASA’s Kepler Mission
NASA’s Kepler mission Science Operations Center software system was named winner of the 2010 NASA Software of the Year Award by the NASA Software Advisory Panel.…
Read the articleKepler Space Telecope Discovers Five Exoplanets
NASA’s Kepler space telescope, designed to find Earth-size planets in the habitable zone of sun-like stars, has discovered its first five new exoplanets, or planets beyond…
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Fifth Planet Discovered Circling 55 Cancri
Astronomers have announced the discovery of a fifth planet circling 55 Cancri, a star beyond our solar system. The star now holds the record for number of…
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