Waspie_Dwarf Posted November 4, 2013 #1 Share Posted November 4, 2013 NASA Kepler Results Usher in a New Era of Astronomy Scientists from around the world are gathered this week at NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif., for the second Kepler Science Conference, where they will discuss the latest findings resulting from the analysis of Kepler Space Telescope data.Included in these findings is the discovery of 833 new candidate planets, which will be announced today by the Kepler team. Ten of these candidates are less than twice the size of Earth and orbit in their sun's habitable zone, which is defined as the range of distance from a star where the surface temperature of an orbiting planet may be suitable for liquid water. At this conference two years ago, the Kepler team announced its first confirmed habitable zone planet, Kepler-22b. Since then, four more habitable zone candidates have been confirmed, including two in a single system. Read more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted November 6, 2013 Author #2 Share Posted November 6, 2013 Administrator Bolden on Kepler Mission FindingsScientists working on this mission both inside and outside government will continue to explore potential planets outside our solar system for years to come, based on the spacecraft's groundbreaking work.Among the amazing findings, a stunning result that found that there may be many more Earth-like planets than previously thought in the Milky Way.Credit: NASASource: NASA - Multimedia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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