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Kepler Releases New Catalog of Planet Candidates
03.02.12 - Since science operations began in May 2009, the Kepler team has released two catalogs of transiting planet candidates.
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Black History Month - Profile of a Scientist
02.16.12 - February is Black History Month, and to mark the occasion, we recently sat down with John Johnson, scientist at NASA's Exoplanet Science Institute at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.
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Kepler Mission Manager Update
02.10.12 - The Kepler team announced the discovery of 11 new planetary systems with 26 more planets and found two new circumbinary planets.
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Astronaut, Former Kepler Team Member Remembered
02.07.12 - NASA astronaut and former Kepler science office director Janice Voss passed away Feb. 6, 2012, after a courageous battle with cancer.
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Kepler Announces 11 Systems Hosting 26 Planets
01.26.12 - NASA's Kepler mission has discovered 11 new planetary systems hosting 26 confirmed planets.
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NASA's Kepler Mission Finds Three Smallest Exoplanets
01.11.12 - Astronomers using data from NASA's Kepler mission have discovered the three smallest planets yet detected orbiting a star beyond our sun.
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NASA Discovers New Double-Star Planet Systems
01.11.12 - The discovery of the Kepler-34 and Kepler-35 systems establishes that double-star worlds are not uncommon.
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Kepler Mission Manager Update
01.10.12 - The project had an exciting close to 2011. A very successful Kepler Science Conference was held at NASA Ames and attracted more than 500 people.
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NASA Discovers First Earth-size Planets
12.20.11 - NASA's Kepler mission has discovered the first Earth-size planets orbiting a sun-like star outside our solar system.
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NASA's Kepler Announcing Newly Confirmed Planets
12.19.11 - NASA will host a news teleconference at 1 p.m. EST, Tuesday, Dec. 20, announcing new discoveries by the Kepler mission.
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Kepler Mission Manager Update
12.19.2011 - Kepler spacecraft experienced a processor reset. The project team detected a software reboot during regular scheduled contact.
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Kepler Confirms Its First Planet in Habitable Zone
12.05.11 - NASA's Kepler mission has confirmed its first planet in the "habitable zone," the region where liquid water could exist on a planet’s surface.
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Super Earth-size Planet Confirmed Around Bright Star
12.02.11 - A research team led by Steve Howell has announced the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting one of the brightest stars in the Kepler field of view.
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Kepler Mission Manager Update
12.01.2011 - The mission operations team just successfully completed our latest science data downlink and we are making final preparations for the Kepler Science Conference.
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NASA Announcing Kepler Discoveries at Conference
12.01.11 - NASA will host a news briefing during the Kepler Science Conference at 8 a.m. PST, Monday, Dec. 5, to announce new discoveries by the Kepler mission.
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Kepler's Quest for New Worlds Public Talk
12.06.11 - On Dec. 6, join Dr. Natalie Batalha and Dr. Don Kurtz for a free public talk on NASA's first mission capable of detecting Earth-size planets around Sun-like stars.
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Kepler Mission Manager Update
11.01.11 - Busy times are routine for the Kepler project team. Since my last update, we have announced several more confirmed planets -- Kepler-16b, and the Kepler 18 system (18b, 18c, and 18d).
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Team Discovers Unusual Multi-Planet System
10.04.11 - A team of researchers used data from NASA’s Kepler spacecraft to discover an unusual multiple-planet system containing a super-Earth and two Neptune-sized planets orbiting in resonance with each other.
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Kepler Mission-Themed Corn Maze Attracts More Than a Thousand Visitors
10.07.11 - More than a thousand visitors turned out for the Kepler Mission-themed corn maze on Oct. 1, 2011, hosted by NASA and the Dell’Osso Family Farm of Lathrop, Calif.
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NASA's Kepler Spacecraft Featured in Unique Maze
09.26.11 - MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. – News media are invited to visit Space Farm 7, a unique corn maze commemorating 50 years of human spaceflight by NASA and the Dell'Osso Family Farm in Lathrop, Calif., at 12 p.m. PDT on Oct. 1, 2011.