Kepler space telescope

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From Hipparchus to Gaia, the Story of Finding Our Place Among Billions of Stars

Jatan Mehta 27/02/2019

Although astrometry is over 2,200 years old, it wasn't...

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Farewell to Kepler, the First Great Planet-Hunter

Prakash Chandra 19/11/2018

Each new discovery Kepler made took us a step...

An artist's impression of Kepler-452b and its size compared to Earth. Credit: NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech

NASA Finds Earth’s Bigger, Older Cousin

The Wire Staff 23/07/2015

Many of Kepler-452b’s features are tantalisingly similar to Earth’s...