Part 6 of Sensor Sensibility, featuring Sara Seager, Professor of planetary science and physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, on the latest findings of the Kepler mission.
(TRT 7:34)
by Gary Niederhoff on December 19, 2011
Part 6 of Sensor Sensibility, featuring Sara Seager, Professor of planetary science and physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, on the latest findings of the Kepler mission.
(TRT 7:34)
Tagged as: astronomy
The latest planets turned up by NASA's Kepler telescope are -- like the kids in Lake Wobegon -- gratifyingly above average. These new worlds offer both promise and insights, because they've got traits that are both appealing and mildly disconcerting.... (read more)