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Kepler space telescope

Earth-size, habitable zone planet Kepler-1649c found hidden in early NASA Kepler data

NASA on Wednesday announced that scientists have discovered an Earth-size exoplanet orbiting in its star's habitable zone, the area around a star where a rocky planet could support liquid water. It added that a team of transatlantic scientists using reanalyzed data from NASA’s Kepler space telescope, made the discovery.

Apr 15, 2020, 23:51 PM IST

Scientists come across 'Vampire' star gorging on victim

The new program acts as a detective to find clues of very fast, mysterious explosions in the universe.

Jan 26, 2020, 12:38 PM IST

Citizen scientists find new planet, twice Earth's size, using NASA telescope

Located 226 light-years away in the constellation Taurus, the planet lies in a stellar system known as K2-288.

Jan 10, 2019, 16:43 PM IST

Astronomers discover over 100 new exoplanets

They confirmed that 104 of them are really exoplanets. Seven of the confirmed exoplanets have ultra-short orbital periods less than 24 hours.

Dec 05, 2018, 11:31 AM IST

Planet hunting Kepler telescope wakes up again: NASA

After the Kepler space telescope, Tess is the second spacecraft which will search for planets outside our solar system, including those that could support life.

Sep 06, 2018, 14:37 PM IST

NASA's planet-seeking Kepler space telescope may run out of fuel within several months

NASA's Kepler 'K2' mission has already completed 16 campaigns, and this month entered its 17th.

Mar 16, 2018, 12:14 PM IST

Google AI that helped NASA find exoplanets now open for all

Google hopes the open-sourced code will prove a useful starting point for developing similar models for other NASA missions, like K2 (Kepler's second mission) and the upcoming "Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite" mission.

Mar 12, 2018, 17:06 PM IST

Here's how Google AI helped NASA in its discovery of two exoplanets

The Google AI found exoplanets using data from NASA's Kepler Space Telescope.

Dec 15, 2017, 11:24 AM IST

Big Kepler revelation: NASA discovers a solar system just like ours with eight planets

Sitting around a Sun-like star 2,545 light years away in the constellation Draco, Kepler-90i – like Earth – is also the third rock from its sun - though it sits much closer, circling its star every 14.4 days.

Dec 15, 2017, 08:35 AM IST

Do aliens exist? NASA likely to make big revelation soon

As per a press release by NASA, the team at the Kepler Space Telescope has been searching for extra-terrestrial life since 2009, and now they have found something spell binding.

Dec 11, 2017, 12:10 PM IST

Reason behind mysterious dips in brightness of 'alien megastructure' star discovered

The Boyajian Star, as it is also known, was recently in the news after astronomers discovered that it had started dimming again.

Oct 05, 2017, 12:10 PM IST

Have astronomers found the first exomoon beyond our solar system? - Read

The Kepler Space Telescope finds planets by watching them pass in front of their stars, causing a dip in the stars’ light. The new potential moon was found in the same way – as a moon orbits its planet, it leads to an extra fall in the starlight coming from behind.

Jul 28, 2017, 09:53 AM IST