“Kepler is a critical component in NASA’s broader efforts to ultimately find and study planets where Earth-like conditions may be present,” said Jon Morse, the Astrophysics Division director at NASA Headquarters in Washington. “The planetary census Kepler takes will be very important for understanding the frequency of Earth-size planets in our galaxy and planning future missions that directly detect and characterize such worlds around nearby stars.”
The mission will spend three and a half years surveying more than 100,000 sun-like stars in the Cygnus-Lyra region of our Milky Way galaxy. It is expected to find hundreds of planets the size of Earth and larger at various distances from their stars. If Earth-size planets are common in the habitable zone, Kepler could find dozens; if those planets are rare, Kepler might find none.
In the end, the mission will be our first step toward answering a question posed by the ancient Greeks: are there other worlds like ours or are we alone?
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lmao that would be …
lmao that would be intresting
nothing short of …
nothing short of Intergalactic peeping toms. The aliens will come & arrest us all on spying charges.
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y a mi que me creian LOCO cuando niño decia de alguna foma estas ideas que no estamos solo y que afuera podria estar nuestra respuesta y 100-pre edicho que mi lugar no es aqui esta en alguna estrellita en ese universo algundia medaran la razon los vere y ahi en ese moento y dire no estava loco
saludos desde Mi vella gautemala
I want Natalie …
I want Natalie Batalha to give me a Science Project!! yummmm!!
Dr Jonathan Reed …
Dr Jonathan Reed Demonstrations Alien Technology from another world. For those who do not know of this man type in Dr Jonathan Reed in youtube and watch the most outstanding account of alien human interaction in modern history. This is what ufo communities have tried to hide for nearly 15 years. Jonathan Reed was filmed on live television using the alien device he recovered in the woods when his encounter took place.
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is this counting on …
is this counting on the thought that these planets orbit their stars on a path that puts them between the scope and the star? Because what if the planet orbits ‘vertically’?
Don’t make poor …
Don’t make poor judge.
Yes. I’m not sure …
Yes. I’m not sure why it is the officials all think that all life is even remotely similar to us.
yup. Waste of money …
yup. Waste of money lol. What if the life in other planets are the kind of creation that is made of different kind of material that doesnt require the right temperature to survive. I mean not all lives are made with the contents as human.. Wasting money!
Waste of money
Waste of money
I think …
I think Extraterrestrial life doesn’t need methane, H2O,O2, Earth-like temperature or Co2. According to theory of Universe, its an energy can be obtained in any state. For example: Virus can live in both living and non living state and they are not composed from methane but they live. There may be alien civilization who don’t respire but get energy somehow to live and may be primitive or more developed than us. We also crashed from asteroid containing life supporting stuffs on organic soup!!!!
Alpha centari, …
Alpha centari, there you will find your answer to the question, are we alone.
3 years? so it will …
3 years? so it will be back 2012? ok
Did anyone see the …
Did anyone see the agitating mishap at 6:02? That kinda look like a twitch or something. Well if there is another planet that has almost an identical planet like ours that would be so cool
who says that life …
who says that life needs water??
Yes, our …
Yes, our contemplation, and now exploration, of the cosmos is a precious gift. The meaning of life may be joy as we explore earth and the cosmos.
We live on a rock, …
We live on a rock, orbiting a star. We know that there are countless other rocks, orbiting countless other stars in countless other galaxies in the universe. The logic alone should prove that there is life elsewhere.
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@fightfan101a
I was thinking the same as you. To inhabit other planets sounds like a fantasy to me but if you look back a few years in time you’ll see where we’ve come from and what people have managed to achieve. Lets just hope there’s something to inhabit out there!
There may be much …
There may be much life in the universe or we may be the only but either way think how amazing!
As long as we don’t …
As long as we don’t screw up our planet we will discover so much in the next 100 years. We couldn’t even fly 100 years ago, now we are looking for other planets like us in space which is quite an achievement.
well recent studies …
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well recent studies have concluded that the intestines have a kind of second brain that controls digestion and pooping etc, (like my very scientific terminology?
Came out not to long ago so you shouldn’t have to much trouble finding new on that with google
Very interesting. …
Very interesting. Did you see the tiny man inside the telescope at 3:22?
So when does nigga …
So when does nigga fly?
Eventually we’ll be …
Eventually we’ll be able to upload our consciousness unto machines for true immortality.
yeah hahaha what a …
yeah hahaha what a waste of money earth is only home for us so let’s destroy it hahahaha