Kepler: Are There Other Earths Out There?

NASA's Kepler mission is starting its hunt for other "Earths" in our galaxy.

Jane Platt interviews Kepler Project Manager Jim Fanson of Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/podcasting/jpl-kepler20090513.html

More information on the Kepler mission is online at http://www.nasa.gov/kepler .

Images from APOD - Astronomy Picture of the Day. The APOD archive contains the largest collection of annotated astronomical images on the internet. Archive http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html .
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[inagod]

Nasa is the only part of the government,that has anything worth doing,go NASA

[mae5eric]

Of course there are other Earths out there! Why wouldn't there be? Come ON! We may be insignificant in size but why are we then always asking BIG SIGNIFICANT questions? Perhaps, it would be that our human race is in a constant quest to always bettering themselves? Heck Yes! Individually and collectively! There's not a human being on this planet that doesn't want to better themselves, and it will be no surprise to find other Earths with humans JUST LIKE US ON THE SAME MISSION!

[andrewcarli92]

we dont know the real outside world

[mquiroz90]

my awester is yes

[inagod]

NASA should run our health care system,they get things done.

[inagod]

you bet there are.were not the only nuts out here.

[otispickit]

too bad the images are random shots of universes and not the Kepler camera itself, and more accurate renditions of what the camera might actually be seeing.. hmm

[Ramshobraja]

Nasa is the only thing our government is doing right.

[Ramshobraja]

Nasa is one of the few things our government is doing right.