by Elisabeth Newton | Feb 3, 2011 | Daily Paper Summaries
Following the data release, a slew of Kepler papers went up on astro-ph this evening. In my previous post, I went straight to the numbers, but here I’ll discuss the Kepler mission and data in some depth, which I think will generally be useful for understanding current and future Kepler results.
by Nathan Sanders | Jan 29, 2011 | Quick Notes
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by Courtney Dressing | Jan 20, 2011 | Daily Paper Summaries
In everyday life, measuring distances is easy. In astronomy, however, accurate distance measurements are complicated by a whole host of factors. These authors are improving methods to determine the distance to small M Dwarf stars.