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Exoplanet - Kepler Space Observatory

Exoplanet spotted on the move

Astronomers say they have tracked, for the first time, an extra-solar planet in orbit around a young star. Ref. Source 9

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I love this stuff! The Kepler project is even more exciting. It is processing observations of about 100,000 stars over the next several years and is capable of detecting earth-sized planets. It has already verified five new planets, though they are far larger than earth-sized, but as data keeps coming in and gets refined, the "other earths" will come into focus. Go to NASA if you are interested in finding out more about this amazing effort.

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Name: Starmonger

Comments: Is this saying that a star is just pulling a planet closer to it as it spins or that stars have their own 'moons'?

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Starmonger,

I'm not sure what you are asking. The article states that the exoplanet is the first to be observed in orbit. Before that, all detections of such planets were done by the wobble in the star's motion. Kepler finds planets by measuring the change in brightness of a star as a planet makes a transit across it.

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'Superstorm' rages on exoplanet

Astronomers measure high-speed winds in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting a distant star. Ref. Source 3

Exoplanet - Kepler Space Observatory

The future of NASA's planet-hunting Kepler space observatory is in question after a part that helps aim the spacecraft failed, the U.S. Space agency said. Ref. CNN

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One of the earth like planets orbiting a star is said to have no tilt to it thus it is more like a spring day year round. While that is all good for temperature wise it will mean that more storms will be around. I think it would be interesting to go to and study one of these earth like planets.

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NASA's Kepler Mission Announces Largest Collection of Planets Ever Discovered

NASA's Kepler mission has verified 1,284 new planets - the single largest finding of planets to date. Ref. Source 7f.