All posts tagged "kepler"
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9.7KMiscWater Vapors Detected On Exoplanet 110 Light-Years Away From Earth
Astronomers have been working towards finding and probing planets that feature liquid water and have potential for life ever since the first...
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1.8KFutureNASA’s Kepler Sings Its Swansong With Last Set Of Commands
This is it, guys: after having run out of fuel last month, NASA’s Earth Kepler team has beamed the final commands to...
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4.0KFutureGoodbye Kepler: NASA Retires The Space Telescope That Has “Exceeded All Expectations”
When the Kepler Telescope was launched back in 2009, it was regarded as an engineering marvel and it was equipped with what...
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3.0KMiscPlanet-Hunter TESS Shares First Image Captured Since Launch
The TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) is following in Kepler’s footsteps and reminds us once again how small and insignificant we really...
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2.5KFutureHard To Kill: Kepler Telescope Awakens Again As It Nears 20th Mission
[adrotate group=”12″] Kepler has once again been awakened, after having been put on sleep mode and it seems like the resilient...
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4.2KFutureNASA’s Kepler Soon To Retire From Years Of Planet-Hunting
The Kepler spacecraft has been in orbit for nine years already and in that time, not only it outlived its original 3.5...
