Hasta La Gadget!

A further 18 Earth-sized exoplanets have been spotted, hidden in NASA Kepler data, at least one of which could well support life researchers say. New algorithms were applied to data gathered by the Kepler Space Telescope, unlocking fresh discoveries despite the spacecraft itself being retired in 2018. Kepler’s mission was deceptively simple. Launched in early 2009, the orbiting space telescope … Continue reading