"There really is something very different about how these giant planets form versus how small planets like Earth form." ...

When we are talking about astronomy, it is hard to not mention Johannes Kepler. A German astronomer and mathematician, Kepler was one of the central figures in the scientific revolution of the ...

In a paper published recently in The Astrophysical Journal, a research team led by Aomawa Shields, UC Irvine associate professor of physics and astronomy ... subject is Kepler-62, a "main sequence ...

By flinging gravity across the void, Isaac Newton united physics and astronomy in a single science of matter in motion, fulfilling the dreams of Pythagoras, Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo ...

The exoplanet, K2-2016-BLG-0005Lb, is almost identical to Jupiter in terms of its mass and its distance from its sun was discovered using data obtained in 2016 by NASA's Kepler space telescope. The ...

A companion paper published in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics reported ... thanks to the massive trove of exoplanets discovered by the Kepler mission, we now have a good idea of what ...

Over their 20+ years in astronomy, Walkowicz has contributed to major astronomical projects such as the Hubble Space Telescope, Sloan Digital Sky Survey, NASA's Kepler Mission, and the Vera C. Rubin ...

The Meridià Zero Association of Xàbia has organized two days dedicated to astronomy that will take place on March 24 and 25, ...

Basic information and contact details for Johannes Kepler University of Linz Following the legacy of German mathematician and astronomer Johannes Kepler, famous for his laws that describe planetary ...