Part 5 of Mass Transits, featuring Jon Jenkins, lead analyst with the Kepler Mission and senior scientist with the SETI Institute.
(TRT 9:25)
by Gary Niederhoff on May 28, 2012
Part 5 of Mass Transits, featuring Jon Jenkins, lead analyst with the Kepler Mission and senior scientist with the SETI Institute.
(TRT 9:25)
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)