{"id":11281,"date":"2015-08-28T15:25:43","date_gmt":"2015-08-28T19:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11281"},"modified":"2015-08-28T15:25:43","modified_gmt":"2015-08-28T19:25:43","slug":"video-update-on-the-kepler-exoplanet-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11281","title":{"rendered":"Video: Update on the Kepler exoplanet search"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/kepler.nasa.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kepler space observatory<\/a> was thought to be out of the exoplanet finding business for\u00a0good due\u00a0to a failure in the guidance hardware. \u00a0However, the\u00a0system was returned to action using a clever technique with solar light pressure to maintain the telescope&#8217;s pointing stability. The <a href=\"http:\/\/kepler.nasa.gov\/news\/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&amp;NewsID=341\" target=\"_blank\">K2 Mission<\/a>, as this new phase of operation is called, has been underway for sometime now. This <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seti.org\">SETI Institute<\/a> seminar gives an\u00a0update<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>The NASA K2 mission makes use of the Kepler spacecraft to expand upon Kepler&#8217;s groundbreaking discoveries in the fields of exoplanets and astrophysics through new and exciting observations. K2 uses an innovative way of operating the spacecraft by carefully balancing the pressure of photons coming from the Sun. The K2 mission offers long-term, simultaneous optical observation of thousands of objects at high precision. Ecliptic fields are observed for approximately 75-days enabling a unique exoplanet survey which fills the gaps in duration and sensitivity between the Kepler and TESS missions, and offers exoplanet target identification for JWST transit spectroscopy. Astrophysics observations with K2 include studies of young open clusters such as the Pleiades and Hyades, galaxies, supernovae, and galactic archeology.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pZIc_SO-qDQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>See the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/keplerscience.arc.nasa.gov\/K2\/\" target=\"_d\">Kepler Science Center<\/a>\u00a0for more about the K2 mission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kepler space observatory was thought to be out of the exoplanet finding business for\u00a0good due\u00a0to a failure in the guidance hardware. \u00a0However, the\u00a0system was returned to action using a clever technique with solar light pressure to maintain the telescope&#8217;s pointing stability. The K2 Mission, as this new phase of operation is called, has been &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11281\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Video: Update on the Kepler exoplanet search<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exoplanets","category-space-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-2VX","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14135,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14135","url_meta":{"origin":11281,"position":0},"title":"Video: &#8220;Latest Exoplanet Results from NASA&#8217;s Kepler\/K2 Mission&#8221;","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 1, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's an update on the latest exoplanet findings by the Kepler space observatory\u00a0and a preview of\u00a0the next generation of exoplanet search instruments:\u00a0Latest Exoplanet Results from NASA's Kepler\/K2 Mission | SETI Institute The all-sky TESS mission will soon revolutionize our view of planets transiting the nearest, brightest stars to the Sun,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Exoplanets&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Exoplanets","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=46"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/qPL9cFg8e38\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":12906,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12906","url_meta":{"origin":11281,"position":1},"title":"Kepler space observatory finds more than 100 new exoplanets","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 19, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The\u00a0Kepler space telescope\u00a0continues to find more planets around other stars: NASA\u2019s Kepler Confirms 100+ Exoplanets During Its K2 Mission An international team of astronomers has discovered and confirmed a treasure trove of new worlds using NASA\u2019s Kepler spacecraft on its K2 mission. 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