The search for Earth-like planets in our galaxy comes closer to Earth with a presentation at Clark Planetarium on NASA’s Kepler mission. On Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, the planetarium will host special guest Dr. Jason Steffen of the Fermilab Center for Particle Astrophysics, who will present key information on the mission’s findings to date.
Kepler was [...]
There’s an AP news story out today about astronomers announcing the discovery of 32 new planets orbiting stars other than our Sun. That’s quite a number for a single announcement!
I keep a little dashboard widget from NASA on my Mac at home that keeps a running score on the number of extra-solar planets that have [...]
This week’s cosmic quiz question was submitted by Daniel Wallace, who asked, “How do astronomers figure out the size of planets orbiting other stars (and even what their atmosphere is made of)?”
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