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WASHINGTON, Jan. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Astronomers using data from NASA's Kepler mission have discovered the three smallest planets yet detected orbiting a star beyond our sun. The planets orbit a single star, called KOI-961, and are 0.78, 0.73 and 0.57 times the radius of Earth. The smallest is about the size of Mars. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) All three planets are thought to be rocky like Earth, but orbit close to their star....
A team of University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) astrophysicists are suggesting that a habitable Earth-like planet could exist in a distant solar system recently discovered by NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope. Kepler-16b, a cold, gaseous planet orbiting two stars -- similar to the fictional Tatooine of Star Wars -- in the Kepler-16 system, was discovered by Kepler back in September. Based on the discovery, the UTA team conclude that an Earth-like planet could exist in the system’s...
The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) project, which has begun its first analyses of the scans of 86 exoplanets uncovered by the Kepler Space Telescope, has found the first batch of hits within the data stream, according to scientists at University of California, Berkeley. “We’ve started searching our Kepler SETI observations and our analyses have generated some of our first candidate signals,” the UC Berkeley scientists announced on Friday. However, the team said...
NASA researchers will present new findings on a wide range of space science topics during the 2012 winter meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS). Convention Center, 500 E. Cesar Chavez St., Austin, Texas. Media briefings during the conference will feature topics including new results on exoplanets, galaxies, supernovae, gamma-ray bursts, black holes and exciting new images. Missions featured include: Chandra, Fermi, Herschel, Hubble, Kepler, RXTE, SOFIA, Spitzer and WISE. In...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA researchers will present new findings on a wide range of space science topics during the 2012 winter meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS). The meeting runs from Sunday, Jan. 8, through Thursday, Jan. 12, at the Austin Convention Center, 500 E. Cesar Chavez St., Austin, Texas. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) Media briefings during the conference will feature topics including new...
Astronomers report that they have discovered two Earth-sized planets circling a dying star that has passed the red giant stage. The planets have been engulfed by their star due to it swelling up to a red giant and dying out. The discovery could help shed new light on the destiny of stellar and planetary systems, such as our own solar system. Once the sun reaches the end of its life cycle in about 5 billion years, it will swell up to a red giant. A red giant is an inflated star that...
[ Watch the Video ] NASA announced on Tuesday that its Kepler mission has discovered the first Earth-size planets orbiting a star like our sun outside our solar system. Planets Kepler-20e and Kepler-20f are too close to their star to be in the habitable zone where liquid water could exist, but NASA said they are the smallest exoplanets ever confirmed around a star like our sun. The space agency said that the discovery marks the next important milestone in the search for Earth-like...
MOFFETT FIELD, Calif., Dec. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA's Kepler mission has discovered the first Earth-size planets orbiting a sun-like star outside our solar system. The planets, called Kepler-20e and Kepler-20f, are too close to their star to be in the so-called habitable zone where liquid water could exist on a planet's surface, but they are the smallest exoplanets ever confirmed around a star like our sun. (Logo:...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA will host a news teleconference at 1 p.m. EST, Tuesday, Dec. 20, announcing new discoveries by the Kepler mission. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) Kepler is the first NASA mission capable of finding Earth-size planets in or near the "habitable zone," the region in a planetary system where liquid water can exist on the surface of an orbiting planet. Although additional observations will be...
The Search for Extra Terrestrial intelligence (SETI) is back on track after funding from the U.S. Air Force Space Command. The U.S. Air Force has paid SETI the funds it needs to restart its efforts in looking for extra terrestrial life. SETI plans to check out the new habitable exoplanets recently discovered by NASA's Kepler space telescope to determine if they might be a home to an alien civilization. "This is a superb opportunity for SETI observations," said Jill Tarter, the...
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Sample Entry: Astronomy is the scientific study of stars, planets, comets, galaxies, and other phenomena that occur outside Earth's atmosphere (e.g. cosmic radiation). Astronomy deals with the evolution, physics, chemical makeup, meteorology, and motion of celestial objects, and also the formation of the universe. The word Astronomy comes from the Greek words astron (meaning "star") and nomos (meaning "law"). Astronomy is one of the oldest sciences. Since the dawn of man, people always...
Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion -- The astronomer Johannes Kepler's main contribution to astronomy was his three laws of planetary motion. Kepler found these laws empirically by studying extensive observations recorded by Tycho Brahe. He found the first two laws in 1609 and the third one in 1618. Isaac Newton was later able to derive the laws from his laws of motion and gravity, thereby producing strong evidence in favor of Newton's inverse-square gravitational law. Kepler's First...
Tycho Brahe -- Tycho Brahe (December 14, 1546 - October 24, 1601) was a Danish astronomer. He had Uraniborg built; which become an early "research institute". For purposes of publication, Tycho owned a printing press and paper mill. His best known assistant was Kepler. Tycho realized that progress in the science of astronomy could be achieved, not by occasional haphazard observations, but only by systematic and rigorous observation, night after night, and by using instruments of the...
