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Mystery star dims, baffles scientists: http://www.yttwebzine.com/tomorrow/2016/08/09/140786/megastructure_star_dimming

08/09/2016 - 12:48 – star is "larger than that of any other star," identified by the Kepler space telescope. The ... Kepler is a NASA mission aimed at finding exoplanets. The star faded nearly 0.34 percent per year ...

Last updated 7 years 37 weeks ago
Hubble telescope: Water vapor on distant planet: http://www.yttwebzine.com/2019/09/12/166456/hubble_spots_water_vapor_on_planet

09/12/2019 - 08:20 – -years away in the constellation Leo. It was discovered by NASA's Kepler Space Telescope in 2015 ...

Last updated 4 years 32 weeks ago
In Brief: Early Milky Way star identified: http://www.yttwebzine.com/2018/01/31/154695/early_milky_way_star

01/31/2018 - 10:55 – . The research: Boyajian,Tabetha et al. " The First Post-Kepler Brightness Dips of KIC ...

Last updated 6 years 12 weeks ago
In Brief: U.S. astronaut sets record: http://www.yttwebzine.com/tomorrow/2015/10/20/124202/astronaut_record_alien_megastructure

10/20/2015 - 17:41 – background: The Kepler space telescope, launched in 2009, was tasked with finding Earthlike planets around ...

Last updated 8 years 27 weeks ago
Teenage intern finds planet: http://www.yttwebzine.com/tomorrow/2015/06/12/115969/teenage_boy_finds_planet

06/12/2015 - 11:06 – verification of the 1,000th planet spotted by the agency's Kepler Space Telescope. And in April of last ...

Last updated 8 years 45 weeks ago
Space in Brief: Citizen scientists prompt finding: http://www.yttwebzine.com/tomorrow/01/27/2015/105366/citizen_scientists_make_finding

01/27/2015 - 12:26 – hosting five planets with sizes between Mercury and Venus. The star, known as Kepler-444, was ...

Last updated 9 years 12 weeks ago
Top 10 eye-popping science stories from 2015: http://www.yttwebzine.com/tomorrow/2015/12/28/126755/top_10_science_stories

12/27/2015 - 20:50 – that they had verified the 1,000th planet spotted by NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope. Kepler’s camera ...

Last updated 8 years 16 weeks ago
NASA In Brief -- Clear skies seen on exoplanet: http://www.yttwebzine.com/tomorrow/2014/09/24/96098/exoplanet_has_clear_skies_and_water_vapor

09/24/2014 - 10:00 – three NASA space telescopes -- Hubble, Spitzer and Kepler -- in their research of the Neptune-sized ...

Last updated 9 years 30 weeks ago
5 reasons to look skyward in 2014: http://www.yttwebzine.com/tomorrow/2014/01/01/79357/reasons_to_look_skyward

01/01/2014 - 14:22 – that 70 percent of the stars observed by the Kepler Space Telescope show planets. Not only that ...

Last updated 8 years 49 weeks ago