Kepler Announcement due 26.08.10

The Hill Billy

Apparently, NASA have scheduled an announcement about progress of the Kepler Mission for this Thursday.

According to the article, "Officials from the space agency announced on Monday that they will also give information about the "discovery of an intriguing planetary system"."

Watch this space.

djhaxman

Bill Borucki will be in his element again now.

Wonder will they mention the lecture by the Russian professor a few weeks back?

Expect more planets to be confirmed. 5 so far, I'm expecting that to rise significantly.

This is to me what the shuttle missions are to Lord Lucan, Beeker and Ynotdu

rccaulfield

Class!

lord lucan

Looking forward to this,expecting good things from Kepler.

djhaxman

Interesting find from the ESO

http://www.universetoday.com/71957/another-solar-system-like-our-own/

rccaulfield

djhaxman wrote: »

Interesting find from the ESO

http://www.universetoday.com/71957/another-solar-system-like-our-own/

Beat me too it-utube- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r96nO0qoLUU&feature=sub

ynotdu

djhaxman wrote: »

Interesting find from the ESO

http://www.universetoday.com/71957/another-solar-system-like-our-own/

dj You have set Yourself up now to be our main Kepler reporter from this and Your other posts about same.
Don't go forgetting us now when You head off to the complex course You have chosen to study, This heavy burden is of Your own choosing!:)

Seriously as i try to take more interest in things other than Manned Spaceflight,don't You think the AMS to be installed on the ISS by the [current] final Shuttle mission is also very exciting?investigating dark matter and anti-matter concepts?

It will if it works well fill in more parts of the jigsaw of our Universe,and along with all the other probing going on eventualy lead to absolute proof of the big bang theory or discredit it.
Something just seems missing from the theory as it investigated more,IMO.

Hauk

Can't feckin wait for this announcement. I read the paper of the discovery for Kepler b today in anticipation. They're so clever!

Must have a look at whatever star they find the planets orbiting next time I have the scope out. I won't see anything, but even for novelty value.

@ynotdu: I'm *always* online so I'll keep an eye on the forum, and if you miss anything I'll post it up.

Edit: ynotdu, the James Webb Space telescope should help us answer some of those questions.

Duiske

Hauk wrote: »

Can't feckin wait for this announcement.

Not long to go now. A link to the streaming audio will appear here just before the event, which is scheduled for 5pm today.

The Hill Billy

NASA announcement of the press conference to be held today at 1pm EDT.

Audio of the teleconference will be streamed live at: http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio

djhaxman

Not really sure what to expect. I'm hoping they tell us they've found signatures of water vapour or something like that in the atmosphere of a planet in the habitable zone, but will need to confirm it over the coming years.

That would be massive news.

Oh, and ynotdu - I'll try my best

lisbon_lions

And after the ESO announcement this week on HD 10180, it's exciting times. Amazing how fast this field is progressing

Heres hoping we have found Goldilocks later.

djhaxman

2, maybe 3 planets? Is that all?

Hauk

djhaxman wrote: »

2, maybe 3 planets? Is that all?

Yeah...

djhaxman

Wow, what an anti-climax.

The ESO news was bigger. Guess it means that Kepler is working though.

Hauk

Two Saturn like planets.

lord lucan

Not exactly mind blowing but any new discoveries is welcome news i suppose.

The Hill Billy

Balls.