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Nasa's kepler mission discovers its first rocky planet

NASA's Kepler spacecraft has discovered Kepler-10b, its first confirmed rocky planet and the smallest transiting exoplanet discovered to date. Kepler-10b is only 1.4 times the size of Earth and has an average density of 8.8 grams per cubic centimeter, similar to that of an iron dumbbell. The planet orbits its star in only 0.84 days and is not in the habitable zone, where liquid water could exist. For more information about the Kepler mission, please visit www.nasa.gov/kepler For more information about Kepler's recent discoveries, please watch Kepler: The Search for Earth-size Planets Begins at: www.youtube.com Category: Science & Technology Length: 00:02:12.750 Tags: .

 

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Nasa's kepler mission discovers kepler-16b, a planet orbiting two suns

NASA's Kepler mission has turned fiction into fact. A world with a double sunset that was first imagined in "Star Wars" over 30 years ago in a galaxy far, far away has become scientific reality. Credit: NASA / Ames Research Center Category: Science & Technology Length: 00:01:39.750 Tags: .

 

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Nasa's kepler mission announces latest planetary discovery

The Kepler mission's science team announced its latest finding at a press conference on Monday, Dec. 5, 2011. The team announced the confirmation of Kepler-22b, its first planet found in the "habitable zone," the region where liquid water could exist on a planet's surface. The planet is about 2.4 times the radius of Earth, orbits around a star similar to our sun and is located 600 light-years away. Scientists don't yet know if Kepler-22b has a predominantly rocky, gaseous or liquid composition, but its discovery is a step closer to finding Earth-like planets. The planet's host star belongs to the same class as our sun, called G-type, although it is slightly smaller and cooler. Kepler also has discovered 1094 new planet candidates, nearly doubling its previously known count. Since the last catalog was released in February, the number of planet candidates identified by Kepler has increased by 89 percent and now totals 2326. Of these, 207 are approximately Earth-size, 680 are super Earth-size, 1181 are Neptune-size, 203 are Jupiter-size and 55 are larger than Jupiter. The findings, based on observations conducted May 2009 to September 2010, show a dramatic increase in the numbers of smaller-size planet candidates. For more information about the Kepler mission, please visit www.nasa.gov/kepler Category: Science & Technology Length: 00:48:25.500 Tags: .

 

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Nasa's kepler mission finds earth-size planet candidates in habitable zone, six planet system

NASA's Kepler mission has discovered its first Earth-size planet candidates and its first candidates in the habitable zone, a region where liquid water could exist on a planet's surface. Five of the potential planets are near Earth-size and orbit in the habitable zone of smaller, cooler stars than our sun. Kepler also found six confirmed planets orbiting a sun-like star, Kepler-11. This is the largest group of transiting planets orbiting a single star yet discovered outside our solar system. Located approximately 2000 light years from Earth, Kepler-11 is the most tightly packed planetary system yet discovered. All six of its confirmed planets have orbits smaller than Venus, and five of the six have orbits smaller than Mercury's. For more information about the Kepler Mission, please visit www.nasa.gov Category: Science & Technology Length: 00:02:03.750 Tags: .

 

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Nasa's kepler mission discovery summary, dec. 2011

Scientists from NASA's Kepler mission have been busy recently. The team has announced the discovery of Kepler-22b, its first confirmed planet in the habitable zone of its solar system, 600 light years away. They have also been combing through light data captured by the telescope and have released the latest number of planetary candidates team members have identified. Staff and scientists also got together (along with a special guest!) recently to celebrate 1000 days of science operations by the mission. For more information about the Kepler mission, please visit www.nasa.gov For more information about NASA Ames, please visit www.nasa.gov Category: Science & Technology Length: 00:02:16.500 Tags: .

 

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Nasa's kepler mission wins 2012 aviation week laureate award

NASA's Kepler mission has been named winner of the 2012 Aviation Week Laureate Award in the Space category, announcedat the 55th annual black-tie awards dinner in Washington, DC Aviation Week's annual Laureate Awards recognizes individuals and teams for their extraordinary accomplishments. Their achievements embody the spirit of exploration, innovation, vision or any combination of these attributes that inspire others to strive for significant, broad-reaching progress in aviation and aerospace. For more information about the Kepler mission, please visit www.nasa.gov Category: Science & Technology Length: 00:00:47.250 Tags: .

 

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Nasa's kepler spacecraft featured in unique maze

A 20 acre corn maze at the Dell'Osso Family Farm in Lathrop, Calif., features the discoveries and images of NASA's Kepler mission. The maze is part of Space Farm 7, a series of seven farms across the United States that are commemorating 50 years of human spaceflight by NASA. For more information about NASA Ames, please visit www.nasa.gov For more information about the Dell'Osso Family Farm, please visit www.DellossoFamilyFarm.com Category: Science & Technology Length: 00:01:27 Tags: science education .

 

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Nasa's kepler confirms its first planet in habitable zone of sun-like star: kepler 22-b (5/12/2011)

5th December 2011 MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- 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. Kepler also has discovered more than 1000 new planet candidates, nearly doubling its previously known count. Ten of these candidates are near-Earth-size and orbit in the habitable zone of their host star. Candidates require follow-up observations to verify they are actual planets. - www.nasa.gov Follow UFOs and Alien Life on Twitter @twitter.com "Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favour of fair use." Earth's Twin Discovered? (29/11/2011)- www.youtube.com NASA's Kepler Mission Announces Latest Planetary Discovery- www.youtube.com Meet the New Possibly Earthlike Planet: Kepler-22b- www.theatlanticwire.com Kepler 22-b: Earth-like planet confirmed- www.bbc.co.uk Kepler-22b- kepler.nasa.gov Kepler-22b- en.wikipedia.org Category: nasa ames nasa ames kepler space telescope exoplanet earth earth-like bill borucki natalie batalha jill tarter seti alien world Category: People & Blogs Length: 00:01:27.750 Tags: .

 

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Kepler's 1 year anniversary celebration

NASA's Kepler space telescope recently celebrated its first year in space. Scientists, researchers and team members gathered at the NASA Ames Exploration Center to celebrate and to share memories of the first year's milestones and discoveries. For more information about the Kepler mission, please visit: kepler.arc.nasa.gov Category: Science & Technology Length: 00:01:40.500 Tags: .

 

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Kepler: nasa's search for habitable earth-size planets

Todd Klaus explains Kepler and the search for Earth-sized planets at NASA Ames during a Yelp Field Trip on the morning of March 16th, 2012. Category: Science & Technology Length: 00:20:53.250 Tags: .

 

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Natalie batalha: nasa kepler planet candidates

Kepler Mission Deputy Science Team Lead Natalie Batalha at the NASA Ames Research Center Tweetup, discussing the powerful way of confirming the existence of exoplanets in the Galactic Habitable Zone with transiting. This day marked the half-way point of Kepler's planned mission, and thus far 1235 planet candidates have been detected. "Even half of these are wrong, we still have over 600." Sponsored by the sister-websites: pillownaut.blogspot.com pillownaut.com Category: Science & Technology Length: 00:02:03.750 Tags: .

 

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Media briefing: nasa announces kepler-16b discovery

NASA hosted a news briefing at 11 am PDT (2 pm EDT), Thursday, Sept. 15, to announce a new discovery by the Kepler mission. The briefing was held at NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif. The event was carried live on NASA Television and the agency's website at www.nasa.gov and also streamed live, with a chat available, at www.ustream.tv . A representative from Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), a division of Lucasfilm Ltd., joined a panel of scientists to discuss the discovery. The briefing participants are: -Charlie Sobeck, Kepler deputy project manager, Ames Research Center -Nick Gautier, Kepler project scientist, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. -Laurance Doyle, lead author, SETI Institute, Mountain View, Calif. -John Knoll, visual effects supervisor, ILM, San Francisco. (Edited to avoid Copyright problems!) -Greg Laughlin, professor for Astrophysics and Planetary Science, University of California, Santa Cruz, Calif. Video Captured at USTREAM NASA HD: www.nasa.gov Related article: www.cfa.harvard.edu visit also: kepler.nasa.gov www.nasa.gov Category: Science & Technology Length: 00:29:15 Tags: .

 

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Nasa finds earth-like planet kepler 22-b

NASA FINDS EARTH-LIKE PLANET Kepler 22-B The planet is smack in the middle of what astronomers call the Goldilocks zone, that hard to find place that's not too hot, not too cold, where water, which is essential for life, doesn't freeze or boil. And it has a shopping mall-like surface temperature of near 72 degrees (22 degrees Celsius), scientists say. The planet's confirmation was announced by NASA along with other discoveries by its Kepler telescope, which was launched on a planet-hunting mission in 2009. That's the first planet confirmed in the habitable zone for Kepler, which had already found Earth-like rocky planets elsewhere. Twice before astronomers have announced a planet found in that zone, but neither have been as promising. "This is a phenomenal discovery in the course of human history," Geoff Marcy of University of California, Berkeley, one of the pioneers of planet-hunting outside our solar system, said in an email. "This discovery shows that we Homo sapiens are straining our reach into the universe to find planets that remind us of home. We are almost there." The new planet - named Kepler-22b - has key aspects it shares with Earth. It circles a star that could be the twin of our sun and at just about the same distance. The planet's year of 290 days is even close to ours. It likely has water and rock. The only trouble is the planet's a bit big for life to exist on the surface. The planet is about 2.4 times the size of Earth. It could be more like the gas-and ... Category: Science & Technology Length: 00:01:27 Tags: .

 

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Kepler-22b: nasa's kepler mission confirms its first planet in habitable zone of sun-like star

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. Kepler also has discovered more than 1000 new planet candidates, nearly doubling its previously known count. Ten of these candidates are near-Earth-size and orbit in the habitable zone of their host star. Candidates require follow-up observations to verify they are actual planets. The newly confirmed planet, Kepler-22b, is the smallest yet found to orbit in the middle of the habitable zone of a star similar to our sun. The planet is about 2.4 times the radius of Earth. Scientists don't yet know if Kepler-22b has a predominantly rocky, gaseous or liquid composition, but its discovery is a step closer to finding Earth-like planets. Previous research hinted at the existence of near-Earth-size planets in habitable zones, but clear confirmation proved elusive. Two other small planets orbiting stars smaller and cooler than our sun recently were confirmed on the very edges of the habitable zone, with orbits more closely resembling those of Venus and Mars. "This is a major milestone on the road to finding Earth's twin," said Douglas Hudgins, Kepler program scientist at NASA Headquarters in Washington. "Kepler's results continue to demonstrate the importance of NASA's science missions, which aim to answer some of the biggest questions about our place in the universe." Read more: www.nasa.gov Related news: Kepler 22b: An Almost Earth ... Category: Science & Technology Length: 00:02:16.500 Tags: .

 

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Nasa's kepler observatory find five new planets: the truth is near abou nibiru's planetary system

NASA's Kepler space telescope, designed to find Earth-size planets in the habitable zone of sun-like stars, has discovered its first five new exoplanets, or planets beyond our solar system. Kepler's high sensitivity to both small and large planets enabled the discovery of the exoplanets, named Kepler 4b, 5b, 6b, 7b and 8b. The discoveries were announced Monday, Jan. 4, by the members of the Kepler science team during a news briefing at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Washington. "These observations contribute to our understanding of how planetary systems form and evolve from the gas and dust disks that give rise to both the stars and their planets," said William Borucki of NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif. Borucki is the mission's science principal investigator. "The discoveries also show that our science instrument is working well. Indications are that Kepler will meet all its science goals." Known as "hot Jupiters" because of their high masses and extreme temperatures, the new exoplanets range in size from similar to Neptune to larger than Jupiter. They have orbits ranging from 3.3 to 4.9 days. Estimated temperatures of the planets range from 2200 to 3000 degrees Fahrenheit, hotter than molten lava and much too hot for life as we know it. All five of the exoplanets orbit stars hotter and larger than Earth's sun. "It's gratifying to see the first Kepler discoveries rolling off the assembly line," said Jon Morse, director of the ... Category: Science & Technology Length: 00:01:33 Tags: .

 

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Nasa's kepler discovery confirms first planet orbiting two stars

September 15, 2011 (CERESTV.com) PASADENA, Calif. -- The existence of a world with a double sunset, as portrayed in the film Star Wars more than 30 years ago, is now scientific fact. NASA's Kepler mission has made the first unambiguous detection of a circumbinary planet -- a planet orbiting two stars -- 200 light-years from Earth. Unlike Star Wars' Tatooine, the planet is cold, gaseous and not thought to harbor life, but its discovery demonstrates the diversity of planets in our galaxy. Previous research has hinted at the existence of circumbinary planets, but clear confirmation proved elusive. Kepler detected such a planet, known as Kepler-16b, by observing transits, where the brightness of a parent star dims from the planet crossing in front of it. "This discovery confirms a new class of planetary systems that could harbor life," Kepler Principal Investigator William Borucki, of NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif., said. "Given that most stars in our galaxy are part of a binary system, this means the opportunities for life are much broader than if planets form only around single stars. This milestone discovery confirms a theory that scientists have had for decades but could not prove until now." A research team led by Laurance Doyle of the SETI Institute in Mountain View, Calif., used data from the Kepler space telescope, which measures dips in the brightness of more than 150000 stars, to search for transiting planets. Kepler is the first NASA mission ... Category: Science & Technology Length: 00:01:07.500 Tags: .

 

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New earth-like planet discovered by nasa (kepler-22b)

NASA's Kepler Confirms Its First Planet in Habitable Zone of Sun-Like Star MOFFET FIELD, Calif. -- 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. Kepler also has discovered more than 1000 new planet candidates, nearly doubling its previously known count. Ten of these candidates are near-Earth-size and orbit in the habitable zone of their host star. Candidates require follow-up observations to verify they are actual planets. The newly confirmed planet, Kepler-22b, is the smallest yet found to orbit in the middle of the habitable zone of a star similar to our sun. The planet is about 2.4 times the radius of Earth. Scientists don't yet know if Kepler-22b has a predominantly rocky, gaseous or liquid composition, but its discovery is a step closer to finding Earth-like planets. Previous research hinted at the existence of near-Earth-size planets in habitable zones, but clear confirmation proved elusive. Two other small planets orbiting stars smaller and cooler than our sun recently were confirmed on the very edges of the habitable zone, with orbits more closely resembling those of Venus and Mars. "This is a major milestone on the road to finding Earth's twin," said Douglas Hudgins, Kepler program scientist at NASA Headquarters in Washington. "Kepler's results continue to demonstrate the importance of NASA's science missions, which aim to answer some of the biggest questions about ... Category: Science & Technology Length: 00:00:27.750 Tags: Extraterrestrial Life .

 

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Nasa ames launches planet-finding tweetup

On Feb. 11, 2011, NASA Ames hosted more than 55 Twitter followers or "tweeps" from 18 states and 5 countries to learn about the Center's research activities. Recent planetary discoveries by the Kepler mission and science flights by NASA's SOFIA aircraft were two featured topics of discussion. The "tweeps" toured several facilities at Ames, including the Kepler labs, where mission data is analyzed; the Vertical Motion Simulator, the world's largest motion-based flight simulator; Future Flight Central, a 360-degree, full-scale real-time air traffic control facility and the Fluid Mechanics Lab. For more information about NASA Ames, please visit www.nasa.gov Category: Science & Technology Length: 00:01:37.500 Tags: .

 

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Nasa's kepler mission spies changing phases in a distant world

WASHINGTON -- NASA's new exoplanet-hunting Kepler space telescope has detected the atmosphere of a known giant gas planet, demonstrating the telescope's extraordinary scientific capabilities. Below: Media Used in Briefing (AVI format is best for Windows users who do not have Quicktime plugin) ...these new data indicate the mission is indeed capable of finding Earth-like planets, if they exist...."When the light curves from tens of thousands of stars were shown to the Kepler science team, everyone was awed; no one had ever seen such exquisitely detailed measurements of the light variations of so many different types of stars," said William Borucki, the principal science investigator.... The observations were collected from a planet called HAT-P-7, known to transit a star located about 1000 light years from Earth. The planet orbits the star in just 2.2 days and is 26 times closer than Earth is to the sun. ...It is so close to its star, the planet is as hot as the glowing red heating element on a stove. ...these new measurements are so precise, they also show a smooth rise and fall of the light between transits caused by the changing phases of the planet, similar to those of our moon. This is a combination of both the light emitted from the planet and the light reflected off the planet. The smooth rise and fall of light is also punctuated by a small drop in light, called an occultation, exactly halfway between each transit. An occultation happens when a planet passes behind ... Category: Science & Technology Length: 00:00:25.500 Tags: .

 

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Extraterrestrial life? nasa announces keplar telescope discovery of kepler 22b, the 'new earth'

Bill Borucki, Kepler principal investigator at NASA Ames Research Centre on the discovery of an Earth like planet outside the solar system Category: Science & Technology Length: 00:00:56.250 Tags: .

 

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Nasa ames' destination innovation - kepler

Destination Innovation is a new series that highlights the research, science and ongoing projects that are ongoing at the Ames Research Center. The premiere episode highlights the Kepler space telescope that is searching our galaxy for other Earth-like planets. My role was more than an Editor, probably best described as Director of Post-production. Category: Science & Technology Length: 00:04:41.250 Tags: .

 

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Kepler 22b first planet in habitable zone of sun-like star, nasa confirms dec. 5, 2011

NASA's Kepler Confirms Its First Planet in Habitable Zone of Sun-Like Star 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. Kepler also has discovered more than 1000 new planet candidates, nearly doubling its previously known count. Ten of these candidates are near-Earth-size and orbit in the habitable zone of their host star. Candidates require follow-up observations to verify they are actual planets. The newly confirmed planet, Kepler-22b, is the smallest yet found to orbit in the middle of the habitable zone of a star similar to our sun. The planet is about 2.4 times the radius of Earth. Scientists don't yet know if Kepler-22b has a predominantly rocky, gaseous or liquid composition, but its discovery is a step closer to finding Earth-like planets. Previous research hinted at the existence of near-Earth-size planets in habitable zones, but clear confirmation proved elusive. Two other small planets orbiting stars smaller and cooler than our sun recently were confirmed on the very edges of the habitable zone, with orbits more closely resembling those of Venus and Mars. "This is a major milestone on the road to finding Earth's twin," said Douglas Hudgins, Kepler program scientist at NASA Headquarters in Washington. "Kepler's results continue to demonstrate the importance of NASA's science missions, which aim to answer some of the biggest questions about our place in the universe ... Category: Science & Technology Length: 00:01:24 Tags: .

 

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Nasa discovers and confirms life-sustaining planet: kepler-22b

Oh, how I wish I could live in the world of Mass Effect or Star Wars... ----- (CBS/AP) NASA has found a new planet outside Earth's solar system that is eerily similar to Earth in important aspects. Scientists say the temperature on the surface of the planet, known as Kepler-22b, is about a comfy 72 degrees (22 Celsius). Its star could almost be a twin of Earth's sun. It probably has water and land. It was found in the middle of the habitable zone, making it the best potential target for life. However, getting there would take some time: Kepler-22b is about 600 light years away (A light year is the distance light travels in a year, or about 6 trillion miles.) The discovery announced Monday was made by NASA's Kepler planet-hunting telescope. This is the first time the agency has confirmed a planet outside Earth's solar system in the not-too-hot, not-too-cold habitable zone. This is the region around a star where liquid water, a requirement for life on Earth, could persist. The planet is estimated to be 2.4 times the size of Earth, which would make it the smallest found to orbit in the middle of the habitable zone of a star like our sun. Twice before astronomers have announced planets found in that zone, but neither was as promising. One was disputed; the other is on the hot edge of the zone. Kepler 22-B is the smallest and the best positioned of the more than 500 planets found to orbit stars beyond our solar system to have liquid water on its surface -- among the ... Category: News & Politics Length: 00:00:36 Tags: .

 

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Kepler-11 system with 6 planets [720p]

Scientists using NASA's Kepler, a space telescope, recently discovered six planets made of a mix of rock and gases orbiting a single sun-like star, known as Kepler-11, which is located approximately 2000 light years from Earth. All of the planets orbiting Kepler-11, a yellow dwarf star, are larger than Earth, with the largest ones being comparable in size to Uranus and Neptune. The innermost planet, Kepler-11b, is ten times closer to its star than Earth is to the sun. Moving outwards, the other planets are Kepler-11c, Kepler-11d, Kepler-11e, Kepler-11f, and the outermost planet, Kepler-11g, which is twice as close to its star than Earth is to the sun. If placed in our solar system, Kepler-11g would orbit between Mercury and Venus, and the other five planets would orbit between Mercury and our sun. The orbits of the five inner planets in the Kepler-11 planetary system are much closer together than any of the planets in our solar system. The inner five exoplanets have orbital periods between 10 and 47 days around the dwarf star, while Kepler-11g has a period of 118 days. credit: NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech source: photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov Category: Science & Technology Length: 00:00:25.500 Tags: .

 

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Destination innovation - episode 1 - kepler

Destination Innovation is a new series that explores the research, science and other projects underway at the NASA Ames Research Center. Episode 1 focuses on the Kepler Mission, a space telescope that is revolutionizing our knowledge of planets outside our Solar System. The mission's objective is to survey our region of the Milky Way galaxy to discover Earth-size and smaller planets in or near the habitable zone, a region where liquid water could exist on a planet's surface. Another goal is to determine how common or rare those planets are among the hundreds of billions of stars in our galaxy. For more information about the Kepler mission, please visit www.nasa.gov For more information about NASA Ames, please visit www.nasa.gov Category: Science & Technology Length: 00:04:41.250 Tags: .

 

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Nasa's kepler mission finds 11 planetary systems hosting 26 planets

NASA's Kepler Announces 11 Planetary Systems Hosting 26 Planets www.nasa.gov "The animation shows an overhead view of the orbital position of the planets in systems with multiple transiting planets discovered by NASA's Kepler mission as of Jan. 2012. All the colored planets have been verified. More vivid colors indicate planets that have been confirmed by their gravitational interactions with each other or the star. Several of these systems contain additional planet candidates (shown in grey) that have not yet been verified. Credit: NASA Ames/Dan Fabrycky, UC Santa Cruz" Source link; www.nasa.gov Category: Science & Technology Length: 00:00:28.500 Tags: .

 

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Destination innovation - episode 1 - kepler

Destination Innovation is a new series that explores the research, science and other projects underway at NASA's Ames Research Center. Episode 1 focuses on the Kepler Mission, a space telescope that is revolutionizing our knowledge of planets outside our solar system. For more information about the Kepler mission, please visit www.nasa.gov For more information about NASA Ames, please visit www.nasa.gov Category: Science & Technology Length: 00:04:41.250 Tags: .

 

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Nasa ames tweetup time lapse from 2/11/11

I attended the NASA Ames tweetup on 2/11/11 at Ames Research Center. I had a GoProHD camera hanging from a lanyard around my neck. The camera took a picture every 10 seconds at first, then i upped it to every 5 seconds. This video is the compilation of those photos. Be sure to check out my website in a few days for higher quality photos taken with another camera. Be sure to check out my STS-130 launch video from the causeway www.youtube.com Category: Science & Technology Length: 00:02:33.750 Tags: .

 

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Kepler: a search for habitable planets

Kepler: NASA's first mission capable of finding Earth-size and smaller planets around other stars The centuries-old quest for other worlds like our Earth has been rejuvenated by the intense excitement and popular interest surrounding the discovery of hundreds of planets orbiting other stars. There is now clear evidence for substantial numbers of three types of exoplanets; gas giants, hot-super-Earths in short period orbits, and ice giants. The challenge now is to find terrestrial planets (ie, those one half to twice the size of the Earth), especially those in the habitable zone→ of their stars where liquid water might exist on the surface of the planet. The Kepler Mission, NASA Discovery mission #10, is specifically designed to survey our region of the Milky Way galaxy to discover hundreds of Earth-size and smaller planets in or near the habitable zone→ and determine the fraction of the hundreds of billions of stars in our galaxy that might have such planets. Category: Science & Technology Length: 00:06:00 Tags: .

 

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Kepler star music 1

SETI scientist and Kepler mission co-investigator Jon Jenkins explains the data analysis of transiting planets as examined by the NASA Kepler spacecraft, and it turns out their search for habitable planets can also have interesting harmonic components. Do you know what a star sounds like? Slideshow featured at the NASA Ames Tweetup. Sponsored by the sister-websites: pillownaut.blogspot.com pillownaut.com Category: Science & Technology Length: 00:01:12.750 Tags: .

 

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This week: kepler discovery

Bay Area scientists using NASA's Kepler spacecraft have discovered an Earth-like planet in distant space. NewsHour correspondent Spencer Michels reports on the latest developments from the NASA Ames Research Center. Category: News & Politics Length: 00:04:03.750 Tags: .

 

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Destination innovation - episode 1 - kepler

Destination Innovation is a new series that explores the research, science and other projects underway at NASA's Ames Research Center. Episode 1 focuses on the Kepler Mission, a space telescope that is revolutionizing our knowledge of planets outside our solar system. For more information about the Kepler mission, please visit www.nasa.gov For more information about NASA Ames, please visit www.nasa.gov Category: Science & Technology Length: 00:04:41.250 Tags: .

 

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Discovery of kepler-16b

NASA's Kepler mission has turned fiction into fact. A world with a double sunset that was first imagined in "Star Wars" over 30 years ago in a galaxy far, far away has become scientific reality. Credit: NASA / Ames Research Category: Science & Technology Length: 00:02:03.750 Tags: .

 

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Nasa ames #nasatweetup 2-11-2011: listening to the music of the spheres

The complete presentation given by Jon Jenkins, Co-Investigator for Data Analysis on the Kepler program. Category: Science & Technology Length: 00:14:25.500 Tags: .

 

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Women's history month: natalie batalha

March 2010 was Women's History Month, providing a time to pay tribute to the generations of women whose commitment to nature and the planet have proved invaluable to society. NASA Ames scientist Natalie Batalha, a co-investigator for the Kepler mission, talks about choosing science as a career. For more information about the Kepler mission, please visit: kepler.arc.nasa.gov Category: Science & Technology Length: 00:01:39 Tags: .

 

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Kepler star music 2

NASA Ames Tweetup! SETI scientist Jon Jenkins, who is also a co-investigator for the NASA Kepler mission, gave us all a treat with some of his data analysis. The search for habitable planets can also include some auditory treats! Sponsored by the sister-websites: pillownaut.blogspot.com pillownaut.com Category: Science & Technology Length: 00:01:07.500 Tags: .

 

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Kepler 22b new planet discovered earth like characteristics -- news story

Kepler-22b New Planet With Earth-Like Characteristics Discovered In Habitable Zone thoughts NASA's Kepler Confirms Its First Planet in Habitable Zone of Sun-like Star: Kepler 22-b (5/12/2011) thoughts NASA's Kepler Mission Announces Latest Planetary Discovery thoughts This is amazing news according to reports NASA announced the discovery of Kepler-22b this is great the first planet the Kepler spacecraft has discovered in the habitable zone, an area with a distance from a star where temperatures will permit the existence of liquid water.Reports say the discovery of Kepler-22b which is 600 light-years away from Earth, brings scientists one step closer to finding a planet that could possibly harbor life Earth may not be the only one This is a major milestone on the road to finding Earth's twins Kepler's results continue to demonstrate the importance of NASA's science missions, which aim to answer some of the biggest questions about our place in the universe Kepler-22b has several Earth-like characteristics according to reports The new planet's temperature is around 72 degrees Fahrenheit and its radius is 2.4 times Earth's. The planet completely orbits its star, which is similar to our sun, every 290 days, just 75 days shy of an Earth year Reports say that the National Optical Astronomy Observatory announced the discovery of Kepler-21b, a new planet with a radius 1.6 times Earth's. But unlike Kepler-21b, which is only about 3.7 million miles away from its sun and is therefore ... Category: Science & Technology Length: 00:01:23.250 Tags: .

 

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Kepler launch via delta ii rocket on 03/07/09 (full launch to seco-1)

The Kepler telescope launched aboard a Delta II rocket on March 7th, 2009 at 3:49am UTC. The Kepler Mission will use a space photometer developed by NASA to search for Earth-like planets orbiting other stars. It will observe the brightness of over 100000 stars over 3.5 years to detect periodic transits of a star by its planets (the transit method). The mission is named in honor of Johannes Kepler. Kepler is a mission under NASA's Discovery Program of low-cost, focused science missions. NASA's Ames Research Center is the home organization of the science principal investigator and is responsible for the ground system development, mission operations and science data analysis. Kepler mission development is managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. is responsible for developing the Kepler flight system. Category: Science & Technology Length: 00:11:22.500 Tags: .

 

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Kepler scientist batalha & planet vulcan

Kepler Mission Deputy Science Team Lead Natalie Batalha at the NASA Ames Research Center Tweetup, explaining how planet Kepler 10b became known as "Planet Vulcan". Sponsored by the sister-websites: pillownaut.blogspot.com pillownaut.com Category: Science & Technology Length: 00:02:09 Tags: .

 

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Kepler mission finds 26 planets in 11 solar systems -- news story

Kepler Mission Finds 26 Planets In 11 Solar Systems, NASA Says thoughts NASA's Kepler Mission Finds Earth-size Planet Candidates in Habitable Zone, Six Planet System thoughts Reports say the Kepler space telescope mission has detected 26 previously unknown planets orbiting their suns in 11 new planetary systems according to reports. It was said the discoveries nearly double the number of known alien worlds or "exoplanets." Reports say we knew of perhaps 500 exoplanets across the whole sky Reports say Kepler has discovered more than 60 planets and more than 2300 planet candidates."The findings show that our Milky Way galaxy is "positively loaded with planets of all sizes and orbits," according to reports.The list is likely to keep growing. The number of exoplanets confirmed by the Kepler mission now stands at 61, with an additional 2326 planets not yet confirmed reports say. More than 700 planets have been found outside our solar system.Reports say the newly discovered planets vary in size, with some only about 1.5 times the size of Earth and others bigger than Jupiter it was reported. It's not known whether the planets have rocky surfaces like those in Earth or Mars or if they are gaseous planets like Neptune.Reports say the planets have tight orbits around their stars, none is believed to be conducive to life. nasa ames kepler mission space telescope exoplanet habitable zone observatory galaxy universe planetary candidate Earth liquid water exoplanets space strange sound ... Category: Science & Technology Length: 00:01:02.250 Tags: .

 

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Kepler cannonball awards

"Cannonball Awards", as explained by Bill Wohler, Senior Principal Software Engineer at the Kepler Science Operations Center at NASA Ames. Having fun at the first NASA Ames Tweetup. Sponsored by the sister-websites: pillownaut.blogspot.com pillownaut.com Category: Science & Technology Length: 00:00:21.750 Tags: .

 

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Extrasolar planet: the discoveries of kepler mission by natalie batalha

ABSTRACT Humankind's speculation about the existence of other worlds like our own turned into a veritable quest with the launch of NASA's Kepler spacecraft in March 2009. The mission is designed to survey a slice of the Milky Way to identify planets orbiting other stars by looking for the telltale dimming of light that occurs when an orbiting planet passes in front of the star. Kepler has discovered over 2300 viable planet candidates ranging from one-half the size of Earth to twice the size of Jupiter. From scorched, rocky planets to temperate giants, we'll hear about Kepler's milestone discoveries and the techniques scientists are using to make them. Kepler is honing in on the answer to the question that drives the mission: Are potentially habitable worlds abundant in our galaxy? BIOGRAPHY Dr. Natalie Batalha is a professor of physics and astronomy at San José State University in the heart of Silicon Valley, California and the Science Team Lead of NASA's Kepler Mission. She holds a bachelor's in physics from the University of California (UC), Berkeley, and a doctorate in astrophysics from UC Santa Cruz. Dr. Batalha started her career as a stellar spectroscopist studying young, sun-like stars. After a post-doctoral fellowship in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Dr. Batalha returned to California. Inspired by the growing number of exoplanet discoveries, she joined the team led by William Borucki at NASA's Ames Research Center working on transit photometry—an emerging technology for ... Category: Science & Technology Length: 00:26:18 Tags: .

 

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Destination innovation - episode 1 - kepler

Destination Innovation is a new series that explores the research, science and other projects underway at NASA's Ames Research Center. Episode 1 focuses on the Kepler Mission, a space telescope that is revolutionizing our knowledge of planets outside our solar system. For more information about the Kepler mission, please visit www.nasa.gov For more information about NASA Ames, please visit www.nasa.gov Category: Science & Technology Length: 00:04:41.250 Tags: .

 

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Koch on kepler

Dr. Dave Koch talks about the Kepler Project at Nasa Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California. Category: Education Length: 00:01:36 Tags: .

 

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Are we alone? an evening dialogue with the nasa kepler mission leaders

Are We Alone? An Evening Dialogue with the NASA Kepler Mission Leaders Bill Borucki, Natalie Batalha, Gibor Basri, and Andrew Fraknoi 6/30/2011, LHS Auditorium Once humanity realized that every star is a Sun like our own, we naturally wondered whether these other stars also have planets. And could those planets be earth-like enough to be homes to more or less intelligent beings like ourselves? Astronomers have only known about planets elsewhere for the last 15 years and finding other Earths is a challenge we are only now able to address. Today, NASA 's Kepler mission is discovering thousands of planets orbiting other stars and for the first time finding strong hints that other Earths (and not just other Jupiters and Saturns) really exist. This non-technical seminar features a panel of key investigators from the NASA Kepler Mission Science Team, who will share the latest mission discoveries, hints about what we might learn in the coming year, and their insights into the age-old question "Are we alone?" Panelists: • Bill Borucki, Principal Investigator, NASA Kepler Mission, Ames Research Center, Mountain View, CA • Natalie Batalha, Co-Investigator and Deputy Science Team Lead for the NASA Kepler Mission, Professor of Physics and Astronomy at San Jose State University, and lead author for the discovery of the first nearly Earth-size rocky planet. • Gibor Basri, Co-Investigator for NASA Kepler Mission and professor in the Department of Astronomy at University of California ... Category: Science & Technology Length: 01:35:16.500 Tags: .

 

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Nasa spacecraft discovers planet orbiting 2 suns, just like star wars

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Kepler spacecraft has found a planet that orbits two stars just as Luke Skywalker's home world does in the Star Wars movies, NASA announced Thursday. Here is a artist illustration of what it looks like. An orange sun and a red sun that actually orbit each other define daytime on Kepler 16b, the 21st planet outside our own solar system discovered by planet hunter. The resemblance between the newest exo-planet and the fantasy world Tatooine envisioned by George Lucas ends on the horizon, said scientists at the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View. NASA went on to say that the new planet was very much like our own Saturn. Who knows - could Luke Skywalker or anyone else be living on the new world? This just goes to show for real how fiction can be reality. Category: Autos & Vehicles Length: 00:05:33 Tags: .

 

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Nasa ames welcomes diverse student group

NASA's Ames Research Center and the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) brought together a national network of talented students to give them a one-time opportunity to tour one of our country's leading, world-class research centers. The students were able to interact with scientists and research professionals to encourage their interest in math and science. For more information about NASA Ames, please visit www.nasa.gov Category: Education Length: 00:01:18.750 Tags: .

 

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Kepler spacecraft 03/06/2009 nasa launch delta ii

Delta II Rocket Ready to Carry Kepler to Space to search for Earth-like planets. Spacecraft: Kepler Launch Vehicle: United Launch Alliance Delta II 7925 Launch Location: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Pad: Launch Complex 17-B Launch Date: March 6 Launch Time: 10:49:57 pm EST Kepler Telescope Launch Replay 2009: www.youtube.com Category: Science & Technology Length: 00:03:25.500 Tags: .

 

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First earth-size exoplanets discovered in december 2011 by kepler mission

www.spacechronology.com Courtesy NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech Category: Science & Technology Length: 00:01:09.750 Tags: .

 

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Kepler space telescope spots five earth-sized planets in our galaxy

NASA Finds Earth-size Planet Candidates in Habitable Zone, Six Planet System MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA's Kepler mission has discovered its first Earth-size planet candidates and its first candidates in the habitable zone, a region where liquid water could exist on a planet's surface. Five of the potential planets are near Earth-size and orbit in the habitable zone of smaller, cooler stars than our sun. Candidates require follow-up observations to verify they are actual planets. Kepler also found six confirmed planets orbiting a sun-like star, Kepler-11. This is the largest group of transiting planets orbiting a single star yet discovered outside our solar system. "In one generation we have gone from extraterrestrial planets being a mainstay of science fiction, to the present, where Kepler has helped turn science fiction into today's reality," said NASA Administrator Charles Bolden. "These discoveries underscore the importance of NASA's science missions, which consistently increase understanding of our place in the cosmos." The discoveries are part of several hundred new planet candidates identified in new Kepler mission science data, released on Tuesday, Feb. 1. The findings increase the number of planet candidates identified by Kepler to-date to 1235. Of these, 68 are approximately Earth-size; 288 are super-Earth-size; 662 are Neptune-size; 165 are the size of Jupiter and 19 are larger than Jupiter. Of the 54 new planet candidates found in the habitable zone, five ... Category: News & Politics Length: 00:02:49.500 Tags: .

 

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