The First Five Worlds of Kepler

On January 4th, 2010, the Kepler Science Team announced the first five worlds discovered by the Kepler Space Telescope.

These planets are larger, Jupiter-sized ones, instead of the smaller Earth-sized planets it was designed to detect, but these discoveries pave the way by assuring that the systems all work and that the science goals will be met.

This announcement was made at the Meeting of the American Astronomical Society being held this week in Washington DC. Here is a link to the press release:

http://kepler.nasa.gov/news/nasakeplernews/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&...

This was the fastest I've ever made a video. I was heading off to bed at about 11:30 pm, cozy in bed with my laptop when I first read the release - I was uploading this video by 3:00 am.

I felt this news was important because many Space Fans have been asking questions about what Kepler is and how it worked.

Keep Looking Up!

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• first five worlds of kepler
• astronomy
• exoplanets
• aas
• kepler space telescope
• life in the universe

[andyken]

For Kepler resident, if you saw this message, please thumb up so we know there is live in your planet :)

[Deathsquadstudios4]

@ThePhillies19 Atheism is not a religion, it is a lack of belief of a deity.

[HuskerSeaofRed]

An excellent place for a roller coaster.

[mralanv]

I thought we all came here to know more about Kepler and the wonders of our universe but apparently some come on this channel only to about religion and atheism -_____-

[joshodst]

like if your here because of a graphics card :P

[Riogmar]

@WTFLEETERS Or do you just have a problem with calling atheism a religon? I just meant that atheist that say that there is no god do this without proof and so just have a belief there is no god. So they are acting as all the religions. But of corse they don't belong to theism and therefor religion.

[Riogmar]

@WTFLEETERS Encyclopædia Britannica: "atheism, in general, the critique and denial of metaphysical beliefs in God or spiritual beings. As such, it is usually distinguished from theism, which affirms the reality of the divine and often seeks to demonstrate its existence. Atheism is also distinguished from agnosticism, which leaves open the question whether there is a god or not, professing to find the questions unanswered or unanswerable."

[WTFLEETERS]

@Riogmar You don't know what you're talking about.

[coment6]

@Narftaxaku200 HAHAHAHAHa lol

[bubblinbrownsugar616]

"Detecting Earth size planets as it passes in front of a star is a lot like observing a fly as it crawls across the street.....late at night......from many miles away."

LOL! Damn!

[Narftaxaku200]

@coment6 LOL just a joke, 666 is just a number

[coment6]

@Narftaxaku200 I did not mean for that to happen!!!!!!!!!!!!!