Feb 05 2010

Deja vu. Familiar-sounding discovery a major milestone.

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Feb 04 2010

CCAF launch pad for astrophysicist’s NASA career - Maxwell Gunter Dispatch

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CCAF launch pad for astrophysicist's NASA career Maxwell Gunter Dispatch Another of his projects is the Kepler mission, a specialized telescope that scans the skies to locate terrestrial or earth-sized planets and study their …

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Feb 04 2010

In a First, Ground-Based Telescope Measures Alien Planet’s Atmosphere - Discover Magazine (blog)

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The Guardian

In a First, Ground-Based Telescope Measures Alien Planet's Atmosphere Discover Magazine (blog) However, refining Swain's method could give astronomers another tool beyond space telescopes like the Kepler mission to search for a world that not only … Probing Exoplanets from the Ground: A Little Telescope Goes a Long WayScience Daily (press release) New Space Telescopes Could Spot Dangerous AsteroidsYahoo! News all 57 news articles »

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Feb 03 2010

Probing Exoplanets from the Ground: A Little Telescope Goes a Long Way - Science Daily (press release)

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Probing Exoplanets from the Ground: A Little Telescope Goes a Long Way Science Daily (press release) NASA's Kepler mission is searching from space now, and is expected to find several of these earthly worlds by the end of its three-and-a-half-year prime … In a First, Ground-Based Telescope Measures Alien Planet's AtmosphereDiscover Magazine (blog) New Space Telescopes Could Spot Dangerous AsteroidsYahoo! News all 63 news articles »

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Feb 03 2010

NASA Ames expects new jobs under budget proposal - California Chronicle

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Reuters

NASA Ames expects new jobs under budget proposal California Chronicle –NASA Ames is currently leading the Kepler mission, an unmanned spacecraft searching for Earthlike planets circling other stars. … Proposed budget steers NASA in a new directionKGO-TV all 1,852 news articles »

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Feb 03 2010

Nasa Ames expects new jobs under budget proposal - Contra Costa Times

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Nasa Ames expects new jobs under budget proposal Contra Costa Times NASA Ames is currently leading the Kepler mission, an unmanned spacecraft searching for Earth-like planets circling other stars. In 2012, NASA will launch … Proposed budget steers NASA in a new directionKGO-TV all 1,540 news articles »

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Feb 03 2010

Nasa Ames expects new jobs under budget proposal - Contra Costa Times

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Nasa Ames expects new jobs under budget proposal Contra Costa Times NASA Ames is currently leading the Kepler mission, an unmanned spacecraft searching for Earth-like planets circling other stars. In 2012, NASA will launch … Proposed budget steers NASA in a new directionKGO-TV all 1,540 news articles »

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Feb 02 2010

SJSU professor looking ‘light-years away’ for planetary discovery - The Spartan Daily

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World Socialist Web Site

SJSU professor looking 'light-years away' for planetary discovery The Spartan Daily For the last ten years, Batalha has been a co-investigator for the Kepler Mission, which has been designed specifically to hunt for habitable planets … Spacecraft Kepler discovers five extrasolar planetsWorld Socialist Web Site all 2 news articles »

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Jan 27 2010

Kepler Goes Fishing and Reels in Two KOI - Universe Today

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Kepler Goes Fishing and Reels in Two KOI Universe Today By now you've probably heard about the first results from the Kepler mission to find extrasolar planets. Five new exoplanet discoveries were announced …

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Jan 26 2010

Harvard Star-Gazer Sasselov Maps Space Frontier From Davos - Bloomberg

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Harvard Star-Gazer Sasselov Maps Space Frontier From Davos Bloomberg Back in his lab, Sasselov scrawls with a piece of chalk on a blackboard filled with equations aimed at helping map out a trajectory for the Kepler Mission, …

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Jan 25 2010

U of T Astronomy & Space Exploration Society hosts annual symposium - Laboratory Products News

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U of T Astronomy & Space Exploration Society hosts annual symposium Laboratory Products News The recent discovery of water on the Moon as well as the launch of the Kepler mission and its search for extrasolar planets have piqued great interest …

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Jan 20 2010

Kepler Mission Update: First exoplanet discovery, focal plane anomaly - PhysOrg.com

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Kepler Mission Update: First exoplanet discovery, focal plane anomaly PhysOrg.com Provisions were included in Kepler's design to accommodate degradation in Kepler's performance as the mission progresses. Additional telemetry is being …

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Jan 20 2010

Kepler Mission Manager Update - Space Fellowship

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Kepler Mission Manager Update Space Fellowship Provisions were included in Kepler's design to accommodate degradation in Kepler's performance as the mission progresses. Additional telemetry is being …

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Jan 19 2010

Kepler Mission Manager Update, Jan. 19, 2010

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Jan 17 2010

Search for more earths will be big news - The Tennessean

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Search for more earths will be big news The Tennessean But NASA's Kepler Mission, now in the works for over 25 years, is awesome, literally another world. The “telescope” is no telescope at all, but a special …

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