Posts Tagged ‘exoplanet’

Kepler Beyond Repair

Friday, August 16th, 2013
Artist rendering of Kepler. Illustration Credit: Detlev van Ravenswaay, Picture Press/Getty Images.

Kepler is Beyond Repair

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Clingy Gas Giants

Thursday, July 11th, 2013
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A specific type of planet has proven elusive: a planet orbiting at a considerable distance from its parent star.

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Exoplanet or White Dwarf

Tuesday, April 9th, 2013
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When is an exoplanet not an exoplanet? When it’s a white dwarf…

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Kepler 22b – Habitable?

Monday, December 5th, 2011
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Today NASA confirmed the first exoplanet in the habitable zone.

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