NASA'S Kepler Mission Discovers Its First Rocky Planet

NASA's Kepler spacecraft has discovered Kepler-10b, its first confirmed rocky planet and the smallest transiting exoplanet discovered to date. Kepler-10b is only 1.4 times the size of Earth and has an average density of 8.8 grams per cubic centimeter, similar to that of an iron dumbbell. The planet orbits its star in only 0.84 days and is not in the habitable zone, where liquid water could exist.
For more information about the Kepler mission, please visit www.nasa.gov/kepler
For more information about Kepler's recent discoveries, please watch Kepler: The Search for Earth-size Planets Begins at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Azfehl2tBU

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[Video2Webb]

To be able to know that this planet exists, so tiny, and so close to its star, is just amazing. It births a major new phase of our existence. As with all the other work being done on researching solar systems beyond our own. Congratulations to all involved as well as in the production of this smart video.

[LaOrchata]

me encanto xcaret lo envio

[ALALHAMADANI]

If its eleven and a half billion years old hmmmmm oh well dat will appen to de earth woneday wen de sun expands

[ALALHAMADANI]

Nice maybe dat planet use to have life shouldn't de star be a red jiont froun

[johnwillsworth]

Wonderful discovery..............

[ttwilkable]

very interesting video thanks

[simysimss]

great video thanks

[pacquiaovsmarquezIV]

This is a very "tiny" video. =p

[Odysses100]

Yes, humanity must soon find a planet where it can survive. It must leave Mother Earth sooner or later. Of them all the threats that could wipe out life on Earth. We must look about for new homes soon.

[1Omega5]

If NASA can do all these great things with the relatively small funding that they get... Imagine all the magnificent things we, as humans, could accomplish if NASA was given much more funding! We could be landing on mars and finding planets with life! But no... the government is afraid of progress... all they care about is money and controlling the masses.

[EvanGri]

great narration!