01 May 2019
Evidence for first confirmed exomoon under question
... the exomoon has now been put into question. Named Kepler-1625b-i, the exomoon candidate was brought to the forefront ... (TTVs) and an apparent drop in stellar brightness after Kepler-1625b transited its host star. Transit-timing variation is pretty...
03 August 2018
Plate tectonics not needed for life, but UV light is
... powerful solar flares to jolt the chemistry forward step by step. Presently, several planets detected by the Kepler telescope, including Kepler 452b, a planet that has been nicknamed Earth's 'cousin', reside in a zone favourable to these conditions...
17 June 2020
Six billion Earth-like planets could be in our galaxy, new study says
...started by simulating the full population of exoplanets around the stars Kepler searched," she explained. "I marked each planet as 'detected'... archival data from 200,000 stars of NASA's Kepler mission. She discovered 17 new planets outside of the...
11 September 2017
Are we being watched from afar?
... plane of Earth's orbit and other terrestrial planets continues with missions such as the ongoing K2 mission of NASA's Kepler spacecraft.
August 2018
Exoplanet census promises radical discoveries
... solar system’s planets, except for Mercury, while Kepler has primarily studied planetary systems very different from our... combination of the WFIRST exoplanet microlensing survey and Kepler’s transit survey will provide a complete statistical census...
26 July 2015
Debating Kepler 452b, Yuri Milner, and the search for intelligent life
... possibility of Earth making contact with intelligent life. A potentially “Earth-like” planet out there, which is what Kepler 452b is alleged to be, will obviously generate a more-than-usual amount of discussion on the possibility of discovering life...
