Gayle King, Katy Perry among crew of all women launching to space in 1 week: What to know
The group of six women that includes CBS host Gayle King and pop star Katy Perry are set to make history in a Blue Origin ...
Kepler Announces On-Orbit Compute Capacity on Optical Data Relay Network
Axiom Space has purchased first Kepler on-orbit computing payloadsTORONTO, April 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kepler ...
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Ofcom Grant Kepler a UK Licence for Small Broadband Satellites
The national telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has finally granted Canadian company Kepler Communications a wireless telegraphy ...
'1 million to 1 billion years': NASA’s TESS telescope is decoding the age secrets of exoplanets
Comparing young and old exoplanets helps astronomers understand how planets form, evolve, and change over time.
What's the difference between a young exoplanet and an old one?
A new study compares young and old exoplanets to uncover how worlds shrink, migrate and evolve over time — offering insights ...
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From Worlds That Look Like Cotton Candy to Others Covered in Volcanoes, These Are the Strangest and Most Captivating Exoplanets
Scientists are using an array of instruments to detect other planets, some of which may harbor life—and others that most ...
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What Is An Eccentric Orbit, And Which Astronomical Objects Have One?
Ellipses are defined as curves that surround two focal points. At any point on the ellipse, the sum of the distance to both ...
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'It’s still surreal': NASA engineer explains what it's like to help put spacecraft into orbit
Lots of us look up at the night sky with wonderment, asking how humans are able to explore the universe. Tracy Drain, a ...
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Radial velocities
Large radial velocity surveys have been ongoing on these different instruments and have yielded a whole population of exoplanets of all kinds, from hot Jupiters to systems of Neptune-like objects to ...
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Our solar system is not as unusual as we thought
For example, Kepler-11 has six known planets that complete one orbit around their star in about 10, 13, 23, 32, 47, and 118 days (period ratios of 1.3, 1.7, 1.4, 1.5, and 2.5, respectively). In our ...
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5 of the Strangest and Most Dangerous Exoplanets Ever Discovered
Learn what planet rains molten iron and which planet has two moons like Tatooine in Star Wars.
What Happens When Planets Orbit Too Close to Fiery Young Stars
Young, close-orbiting exoplanets known as sub-Neptunes may form farther from their stars and migrate inward or lose their ...