Subscribe
Kepler: Searching for Another Earth 
Little Green Footballs | Sat, Mar 7
Little Green Footballs is the #4 Blogger for Kepler Mission
Kepler detects planets by looking for periodic dips in the brightness of stars. Some planets pass in front of their stars as seen from our point of view on Earth; when they do, they cause their stars to dim slightly, an event Kepler can see.
Try These Related Topics
Try These Related Topics
More Little Green Footballs
Related News
Spot the planet
Supernovas compel one to waken to vastness
Lots of stars waiting in the Twins' wings
MIT planetary scientist discusses projects that aim to discover distant ... - Media Newswire
3 Questions: Sara Seager on searching for Earth-like planets
Hunting Alien Earths: Stares At
Top Bloggers
| 1 | The Daily Galaxy |
| 2 | usatoday.com |
| 3 | MashGet
Member of the Boxxet Network |
| 4 | Little Green Footballs |
| 5 | irishtimes.com |
| 6 | Euro News 24 |
| 7 | Universe Today |
| 8 | Spaceports |
| 9 | MetaFilter |
| 10 | wiyule.com |
| 11 | Daily Kos |
| 12 | Times of the Internet
Member of the Boxxet Network |
| 13 | WBUR and NPR's On P... |
| 14 | InfoAddict |
| 15 | Science |
Related Photos
Podcast: 2009-02-28_05-Kepler Mission
Dr. David Koch discusses NASA's Kepler Mission and its mission to look for habitable planets
Fri, Feb 27 | from CBC Toronto
