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[VIDEO] KEPLER TRANSITS

Astronomers will witness a transit of a distant Exo-planet around it's sun about the same time Venus transits our Sun.


EXOPLANETS: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=exoplanets

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Ο μυστικιστής και αστρονόμος Γιόχαν Κέπλερ

Ο μυστικιστής και αστρονόμος Γιόχαν Κέπλερ | Science News | Scoop.it

Μαθηματικός, αστρονόμος και ενίοτε αστρολόγος για να μπορέσει να ζήσει, ο Γιόχαν Κέπλερ γεννήθηκε στην «ελεύθερη αυτοκρατορική πόλη» του Weil der Stadt της Βάδης-Βυρτεμβέργης το 1571 και πέθανε στο Regensburg το 1630.

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Secrets of the Universe Revealed

Discovery Establishes New Class of Planetary Systems

Using data from NASA's Kepler Mission, SDSU astronomers announced the discovery of two new transiting "circumbinary" planet systems -- planets that orbit two stars.

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How much like Earth is Kepler's new planet? How we'll find out! : Starts With A Bang

How much like Earth is Kepler's new planet? How we'll find out! : Starts With A Bang | Science News | Scoop.it
"Life is not a miracle. It is a natural phenomenon, and can be expected to appear whenever there is a planet whose conditions duplicate those of the Earth." -Harold Urey One of the most exciting investigations going on right now...
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[VIDEO] Exo: A Visualization of Kepler's Exoplanet Candidates

Exo is a visualization tool for exploring the nearly 2,300 exoplanet candidates that have been so far identified by NASA's Kepler mission.


http://www.fastcodesign.com/1669702/explore-the-galaxy-using-the-actual-minority-report-interface


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[VIDEO] Kepler Discovers Dozens of Worlds

Kepler is the first NASA mission able to discover planets the size of Earth—and smaller—that are orbiting other stars. Kepler has discovered 11 solar systems and 26 planets, ranging from the size of Earth to larger than Jupiter.
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Kepler’s surprise: The sounds of the stars

Kepler’s surprise: The sounds of the stars | Science News | Scoop.it

Data from NASA's Kepler space telescope have revolutionized the search for planets outside the Solar System — and are now doing the same for asteroseismology.

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