Kepler discovers its first five exoplanets
Tuesday, January 5, 2010 - 10:56
in Astronomy & Space
'These observations contribute to our understanding of how planetary systems form and evolve from the gas and dust disks that give rise to both the stars and their planets,' said William Borucki of NASA's Ames Research Centre in Moffett Field, Calif. Borucki is the mission's science principal investigator. 'The discoveries also show that our science instrument is working well. Indications are that Kepler will meet all its science goals'...