Posts Tagged ‘Kepler’
Tiny planet triplets orbit dwarf star
CALTECH (US) — Astronomers have discovered the three smallest confirmed planets ever detected outside our solar system. Continue…
Friday, January 13, 2012 12:55 - 6 Comments
Science & Technology - Dec 6, 2011 12:27 - 0 Comments
18 Jupiter-like planets orbit massive stars
CALTECH (US) — A team of astronomers have found 18 Jupiter-like planets—the largest collection ever confirmed—in orbit around “retired” stars that are one and a half times more massive than the Sun. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 26, 2011 8:30 - 0 Comments
Online hunters detect possible exoplanets
YALE (US) — Amateur astronomers working with the online citizen science project Planet Hunters have discovered two potential exoplanets, according to new research. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 8, 2011 13:12 - 0 Comments
Sun-like stars brighten and dim
IOWA STATE (US) — Five hundred stars similar to our sun in size, age, composition, and location in the Milky Way are bringing to new light how stars evolve. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 31, 2011 16:18 - 1 Comment
Peering deep to see red (stars)
IOWA STATE (US) — Astronomers are getting a clear enough view of changes in star brightness from NASA’s Kepler Mission that they are now able to see what’s happening inside red giant stars. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 3, 2011 18:47 - 1 Comment
Earth-size planets found in the ‘zone’
UC SANTA BARBARA (US) — A group of potential Earth-size planets appear to orbit in the habitable zone of smaller, cooler stars than our sun. (more…)
