Kepler 2.0
The Kepler Space Telescope gets a promising second chance with a new mission called “K2”.
Pulsations and Evolution
Kepler finds a new binary system with a Delta Scuti pulsator.
This post no longer exists.
The newly discovered exoplanet Kepler-78b has a size, mass, and density similar to Earth. This is the smallest exoplanet to have a measurement of both its radius and its mass.
Planet or comet?
KOI 2700b is a planet with an identity crisis: it thinks it is a comet.
The Little Star that Could (Teach us about Stellar Astrophysics)
Today we take a look back to 1916, when distances were measured in light years and uncertainties weren’t to be included in publications. The nearly 100-year old discovery of a small star has large implications for our understanding of stellar astrophysics, even today.
Something cataclysmic in the Kepler field
Cataclysmic variables are binary star systems where one of the stars—a white dwarf—devours its main sequence partner over time. Kepler proves yet again that it can find a lot more than just exoplanets by identifying a cataclysmic variable with a period of less than an hour.