{"id":8033,"date":"2014-06-06T02:45:59","date_gmt":"2014-06-06T06:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8033"},"modified":"2014-06-06T02:45:59","modified_gmt":"2014-06-06T06:45:59","slug":"b612-update-kepler-back-in-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8033","title":{"rendered":"B612 update + Kepler back in action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Check out the latest newsletter from the <a href=\"https:\/\/b612foundation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">B612 Foundation<\/a>, an organization dedicated to protecting earth from asteroid and comet impacts:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/us5.campaign-archive2.com\/?u=c7281b61ab362fadf221e16fc&amp;id=ceebc3f1cf&amp;e=4d39cfe765\" target=\"_d\">Sentinel and Beyond: The B612 Foundation Newsletter! Vol. 12<\/a><\/p>\n<p>===<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/kepler.nasa.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kepler telescope<\/a> is looking for more exoplanets again:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spaceflightnow.com\/news\/n1406\/03kepler\/\" target=\"_d\">Planet-hunting Kepler telescope back in action &#8211; Spaceflight Now<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kepler.nasa.gov\/news\/nasakeplernews\/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&amp;NewsID=341\" target=\"_d\">Kepler Begins K2 Mission Field 1 Observing &#8211; NASA Kepler<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out the latest newsletter from the B612 Foundation, an organization dedicated to protecting earth from asteroid and comet impacts:\u00a0Sentinel and Beyond: The B612 Foundation Newsletter! Vol. 12 === The Kepler telescope is looking for more exoplanets again: Planet-hunting Kepler telescope back in action &#8211; Spaceflight Now Kepler Begins K2 Mission Field 1 Observing &#8211; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8033\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">B612 update + Kepler back in action<\/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":[75,46,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asteroids","category-exoplanets","category-space-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-25z","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5946,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5946","url_meta":{"origin":8033,"position":0},"title":"American Astronomical Society conf + New Kepler results + Reviving Kepler + Starshades","author":"TopSpacer","date":"January 6, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The\u00a0\u00a0223rd Meeting\u00a0\u00a0of the\u00a0American Astronomical Society is taking place in Washington this week. 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