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Dust Cover Jettisoned From NASA's Kepler Telescope

Apr 08, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers have successfully ejected the dust cover from NASA's Kepler telescope, a spaceborne mission soon to begin searching for worlds like Earth.

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Kepler Set to Launch Tonight on Planet Finding Mission

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Mar 06, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Kepler spacecraft and its Delta II rocket are "go" for a launch tonight that is expected to light up the sky along Florida's Space Coast at 10:49 p.m. EST as the rocket lifts off from ...

Kepler Planet Finding Mission Set for March 5 Launch

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Feb 19, 2009 | 3.7 / 5 (3) | 0

NASA's Kepler spacecraft is on its way to the launch pad and will soon begin a journey to search for worlds that could potentially host life.

Scientist to 'refine' size of Universe with Kepler

Space & Earth / Astronomy

Apr 13, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (15) | 14

(PhysOrg.com) -- An astronomer at the University of St Andrews will use a powerful planet-hunting telescope to find out the true size of the Universe.

Kepler Mission Update

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Sep 23, 2009 | 3.5 / 5 (4) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Kepler is approximately 18 million kilometers (11 million miles) from Earth, and continuing its drift-away orbit. All systems are operating normally. Last week, the Kepler project team completed ...

Kepler Spies Changing Phases on a Distant World

Kepler Detects Atmosphere of Hot World

Space & Earth / Astronomy

Aug 06, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (31) | 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's new exoplanet-hunting Kepler space telescope has detected the atmosphere of a known giant gas planet, demonstrating the telescope's extraordinary scientific capabilities. The discovery ...

Kepler Mission Update

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Nov 06, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (7) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Kepler completed another science data download over October 18-19. In this download, a month's worth of science data was transmitted through the NASA Deep Space Network and into the Science ...

Kepler Mission Manager Update

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Nov 24, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Kepler experienced a safe mode event on Nov. 18, 2009.

With March 6 Kepler launch, work begins for Berkeley astronomers

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Mar 04, 2009 | 5 / 5 (4) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- When NASA's Kepler telescope rockets into the night sky on Friday, March 6, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, two University of California, Berkeley, astronomers - key members ...

Adventures in the 'Goldilocks zone'

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Mar 12, 2009 | 5 / 5 (5) | 0

When NASA's Kepler telescope rocketed into the night sky last week, two Berkeley astronomers watching its fading contrail were hoping that the telescope will reveal Earth's — and humanity's — place in the ...