While the Kepler Space Telescope mission officially came to an end on 30 October 2018, starlight data recorded by the observatory continues to reveal new and intriguing exo-solar system objects. Among the recently-announced discoveries from Kepler data include an exoplanet of unusual size and the first potential exomoon around an exoplanet.
"Kepler"
-
As the highly successful Kepler spacecraft ends its 9-year mission, humanity can look back at…
-
The continuing success of NASA’s Kepler mission was highlighted on Monday, following the discovery of…
-
Following on the planetary accomplishments of NASA’s fleet of unmanned solar system explorers in 2011,…
-
After one and one half years in space, NASA’s Kepler observatory, a telescope designed to…
-
The Delta II launch team at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station have launched NASA’s…
-
CommercialSpaceXUncrewed
SpaceX Transporter-7 launches 51 payloads, booster return to LZ
by Danny LentzSpaceX launched the Transporter-7 rideshare mission from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space…
-
Using data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and retired Spitzer Space Telescope, a group of…
-
EuropeanInternationalOtherScienceUncrewed
Hubble discovers exoplanet unconventionally forming at an extreme distance, NASA confirms 5,000 discovered exoplanets
In recent weeks, two teams of researchers released studies identifying the strange characteristics of an…
-
SpaceX has conducted its second orbital launch of the year, named Transporter-3. The liftoff occurred…
-
Humanity’s next steps in space exploration are focused on exploring like we never have before:…
-
The launch of the Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) observatory is now targeting December 13,…
-
Three years ago, on April 18, 2018, NASA’s and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Transiting…
-
Russia’s federal space agency Roscosmos launched its first dedicated commercial launch through its GK Launch…
-
SpaceX launched their third mission of 2021 and the first of many planned Smallsat Rideshare…
-
The Russian Aerospace Forces, itself a division of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation,…
-
CommercialSpaceXUncrewed
Spaceflight Inc Evolving Sherpa for Future Rideshare Missions
by Lee KanayamaSpaceflight Inc. has announced that a brand new Orbital Transfer Vehicle, Sherpa-FX, will fly on…
-
The Characterizing Exoplanets Satellite, officially known as CHaracterising ExOPlanets Satellite – or CHEOPS, is a…
-
As part of NASA’s continued effort to ensure a steady supply of astrophysics and astronomy…
-
CommercialSpaceXUncrewed
As Ball completes design review for IXPE, SpaceX launch contract points to growing mission profiles
by Ian AtkinsonNASA’s award to SpaceX for the launch contract for their future X-ray telescope, the Imaging…