Fwd: [New post] Kepler Discovers 461 Possible New Exoplanets

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From: AmericaSpace <donotreply@wordpress.com>
Date: January 10, 2013 8:38:30 AM GMT-06:00
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Subject: [New post] Kepler Discovers 461 Possible New Exoplanets

Jason Rhian posted: "[caption id="attachment_29752" align="aligncenter" width="500"] The Kepler Space Telescope is proving that the Milky Way galaxy is filled with planets—some potentially similar to our home world. Image Credit: NASA[/caption] On Monday, Jan. 07, 2013, NA" New post on AmericaSpace Kepler Discovers 461 Possible New Exoplanets by Jason Rhian On Monday, Jan. 07, 2013, NASA announced that the space agency's Kepler Space Telescope had discovered a staggering 461 new possible planet candidates. Four of these are less than twice the size of Earth and exist within their parent star's habitable zone (where liquid water could flow on the planet's surface). Read more of this post Jason Rhian | January 10, 2013 at 9:36 am | Tags: aerospace, AmericaSpace, Ames Research Center, Cape Canaveral, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Christopher Burke, Delta II, Earth, exoplanet, Exoplanets, Exploration, Explore, extrasolar planets, Jack Lissauer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, JPL, Kennedy Space Center, Kepler, Kepler Space Telescope, KSC, NASA, NASA's interactive Exoplanet Archive, rocket, Rockets, SLC 17, Space, space exploration, Space Launch Complez 17, Space Telescope, ULA, United Launch Alliance | Categories: Ames Research Center, Exoplanets, Kepler, NASA, Space | URL: http://wp.me/p1YCNG-7JR Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe or change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://www.americaspace.org/?p=29751