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Kepler Spacecraft Finds 2 Planets Sharing Same Orbit

To date, the telescope on the Kepler spacecraft has detected 1,235 planet candidates, and while Earth-bound telescopes are trying to determine if 54 of those planets may have conditions that could harbor life, one unique planetary system may have been uncovered. Unique because it's the first time scientists have...

Scientists Discover Solar System With 6 Planets

Scientists have found a new solar system so unlike our own that at first glance it seems almost impossible it could exist. The planets in the new system are packed together as densely as fans in a mosh pit. Five planets sit practically on top of each other as they circle their star, called Kepler-11; a sixth circles...

Scientists Investigate the Possibility of a 'Super Earth'

(Aug. 27) -- You'd think "Super Earth" would be a place where everybody is beautiful. We all drive fancy cars, date super-models and eat like a pig without getting fat. NASA scientists are now using that term to describe a planet similar to Earth in some geological ways, but it may be more of a hellhole than a utopia....

Background on kepler spacecraft

Kepler is a space observatory launched by NASA to discover Earth-like planets orbiting other stars. The spacecraft, named in honor of the 17th-century German astronomer Johannes Kepler, was launched in March 2009.

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