With March 6 Kepler launch, work begins for Berkeley astronomers
Wednesday, March 4, 2009 - 15:21
in Astronomy & Space
(PhysOrg.com) -- When NASA's Kepler telescope rockets into the night sky on Friday, March 6, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, two University of California, Berkeley, astronomers - key members of the Kepler team - will be watching its fading contrail, hoping that the telescope will reveal Earth's and humanity's place in the universe.