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In October 1604, astronomer and mathematician Johannes Kepler spotted a new star in the sky and began tracking it. Over the course of several weeks, the star remained visible in the daytime and ...
Scientists have revealed that radar systems at airports and military bases would shine out like cosmic beacons for any watching civilisations. This means airports like Gatwick and Heathrow could be ...
Astronomers have discovered thousands of exoplanets, some in the so-called habitable zone, Does that mean these planets could ...
When NASA launched the Kepler Space Telescope in 2009, its mission was clear: to explore the stars and uncover distant ...
Imagine stepping onto a distant exoplanet, where vast alien oceans stretch beyond the horizon. Based on data from missions ...
Max Kepler hit a tiebreaking home run in the eighth inning to lift the Philadelphia Phillies to a 3-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday ...
Astronomers are building instruments that can characterize the many alien worlds the Kepler spacecraft revealed—and look for signs of life.
NASA has been hunting for alien exoplanets with the Kepler Space Telescope. Recently, it teamed up with the tech giant Google to try and work out smarter ways of discovering these so-called ...
NASA Kepler Googled an Alien Solar System and Found It Matches Our Own With a Record Eight Planets Published Dec 14, 2017 at 1:48 PM EST Updated Dec 14, 2017 at 2:36 PM EST ...
NASA and Google collaborated to find two new alien planets in a huge dataset by using machine learning.
NASA/Kepler Mission/Dana Berry Kepler-10b: The very first rocky planet Kepler discovered, this isn't one you'd want to visit—it's so close to its star it's likely a toasty 2,500 degrees Fahrenheit.
The Kepler Space Telescope is on a mission to find Earth-like planets, and its past findings have stirred up alien speculation.