Kepler
World’s first detailed look at earliest moments of a supernova explosion
This supernova was likely to be a yellow supergiant 100 times bigger than our sun.
How many Earth-like planets are around sun-like stars?
A new study provides the most accurate estimate of the frequency that planets that are similar to Earth in size and in distance from their host star occur around stars similar to our Sun.
Kepler telescope dead after finding thousands of worlds
Kepler was a space observatory launched by NASA to discover Earth-size planets orbiting other stars. Named after astronomer Johannes Kepler, the spacecraft was launched...
Symphony of stars: The science of stellar sound waves in space
Astronomers suggest that the stars in space play continuous sounds like a concert. The biggest stars make the lowest, deepest sounds, like tubas and double...
NASA Has Discovered Hundreds of Potential New Planets
This Monday, Nasa announced that they had discovered 219 new objects beyond our solar system that are almost potential new planets. The more fascinating is...