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I’ve been reflecting on the events surrounding the TED lecture by my colleague, Dimitar Sasselov. There is disappointment in the air. People who were misled to believe that Kepler had found many other earths out there now realize that this isn’t the case. I understand how they must feel. I admit that I feel a [ READ MORE ]
August 5, 2009 Exactly five months after the launch of the Kepler spacecraft, NASA will hold a press conference to present early science results. Early science results. I linger over those words with great pleasure. It isn’t sufficient to simply write about the science or even comment on the mood of the science team [ READ MORE ]
In the aftermath of Kepler’s first light images a question made by danvk, a BtC reader, arrived our comment box: In the full image there are lots of white lines that are perfectly horizontal or vertical. What are these? Natalie Batalha, Kepler Co-Investigator, gives us a solution for the enigma: The white streaks are CCD artifacts associated with the [ READ MORE ]
After yesterday’s release of Kepler’s first light images and being marvelled by the telescope’s full field of view I was here wondering how would look one of the several raw images composing that breathtaking view into a sea of stars. And, now that we’re into the real stuff and aware that we won’t hear of [ READ MORE ]
Image credit: NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech Here’s what you have been waiting for, NASA Kepler’s full field of view – an expansive star-rich patch of sky in the constellations Cygnus and Lyra stretching across 100 square degrees, or the equivalent of two side-by-side dips of the Big Dipper. And now let us stay with Jon Jenkins, Kepler’s Co-Investigator[ READ MORE ]
Kepler’s first light also marks, for Beyond the Cradle, the arrival of a very special collaborator, someone who, I am sure, will be capable of taking us, with her passion, on great journeys towards the worlds to come. It is with great joy that I open BtC’s doors to Natalie Batalha, Kepler Co-Investigator (to know [ READ MORE ]
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We’ve all been here walking from one side of the room to the other, eagerly waiting for that special moment, the moment when Kepler peels of its sleep mask and awakes up, beholding the stars ahead, capturing its first light. Well…it looks like Kepler is already slightly opening its dreamy eyes to the Milky Way! [ READ MORE ]
Just got a message from Kepler Co-Investigator Natalie Batalha, San José State University, informing us that a couple of minor glitches will probably delay “first light” by a couple of days or so. Overall, though, everything is going very well. Looks like we’ll have to wait a bit more…guess it will only entice our curiosity… Stay [ READ MORE ]
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