What’s Next For Kepler?
NASA is looking for a new mission for the damaged Kepler space telescope. Here are some ideas.
Jets in a post-AGB envelope
The authors present the first direct evidence of a jet shaping the circumstellar envelope of a post-AGB star.
Kepler’s view on the gravity of stars
A study of Kepler data reveals a correlation between brightness fluctuations and surface gravity of stars.
Lowest mass exoplanet discovered via direct imaging
The newly discovered planet, HD 65086 b, is the lowest mass planet to be directly imaged.
How to Confirm a (Tiny) Exoplanet Candidate
Barclay et al. find a “candidate” planet smaller than Mercury in the Kepler data…will it pass their tests and be confirmed as the smallest known planet?
Using General Relativity to Measure Properties of Binary Pulsars
Shapiro time delays are one of the four tests of general relativity possible in the solar system. Astronomers can use these timing delays to measure properties of binary pulsar systems.