Kepler New Planets

After nine years in deep space collecting data that revealed our night sky to be filled with billions of hidden planets more planets even than stars nasa s kepler space telescope was retired. On may 10 2016 nasa announced that the kepler mission has verified 1 284 new planets.

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Nine of these orbit in their stars habitable zone.

Kepler new planets. Ten of these candidates are near earth size and orbit in the habitable zone of their host star. While planets have previously been found in the habitable zone they are all at least 40 percent larger in size than earth and understanding their makeup is challenging. This is the smallest planet we ve found so far in the habitable zone said prof stephen.

This announcement more than doubles the number of confirmed planets from kepler said ellen stofan chief scientist at nasa headquarters in washington. Based on some of the planet s sizes about 550 could potentially be rocky planets. Kepler 186f is more reminiscent of earth.

Since the launch of the kepler mission scientists have been using the space telescope to search for planets that orbit other stars and has the same size as earth. The discovery of kepler 186f confirms that planets the size of earth exist in the habitable zone of stars other than our sun. Kepler also has discovered more than 1 000 new planet candidates nearly doubling its previously known count.

Kepler 1658b is one of the closest known planets orbiting a future version of our sun and revealed new constraints on the complex physical interactions that cause planets to spiral into their host stars. Candidates require follow up observations to verify they are actual planets. Nasa s kepler mission has verified 1 284 new planets the single largest finding of planets to date.

Kepler leaves a legacy of more than 2 600 planet discoveries from outside our solar system many of which could be promising places for life. Kepler 1658 is a perfect example of why a better understanding of host stars of exoplanets is so important chontos said. In total the mission has.

It was spotted by the kepler telescope which has found nearly 1 000 new worlds since its launch in 2009.

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