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MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. – NASA's planet-hunting Kepler mission, scheduled to launch in 2009, has survived an extreme temperature test.

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Latest Features

Unraveling the Mystery of Super-Earths

02.19.09

Super-Earths may be our best bet for finding life beyond our own solar system.

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NASA's Swift Spies Comet Lulin

Swift image of comet Lulin taken Jan. 28

02.20.09

While waiting for high-energy outbursts and cosmic explosions, NASA's Swift Gamma-ray Explorer satellite is monitoring Comet Lulin as it closes on Earth.

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New Recipes for Dwarf Galaxies: Start With Leftover Gas

02.18.09

There is more than one way to make a dwarf galaxy, and NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer has found a new recipe.

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Fermi Sees Most Extreme Gamma-ray Blast Yet

The first burst to be seen in high-res by the Fermi telescope had the greatest total energy, the fastest motions and the highest-energy initial emissions ever seen.
NASA Telescopes Celebrate Year of Astronomy

NASA will release images on February 15 to more than 100 planetariums, museums, nature centers and schools across the country.
Celebrating the International Year of Astronomy

NASA's Great Observatories are celebrating the International Year of Astronomy.
Swift, Fermi Probe Gamma-Ray Fireworks

Astronomers using NASA's Swift satellite and Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope are seeing frequent blasts from a stellar remnant 30,000 light-years away.
Team Begins Search for Earths in the Sun's Backyard

A team of planet hunters is looking for Earthlike planets orbiting the sun's closest neighbor.

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NASA Announces 2009 Astronomy and Astrophysics Fellows

02.25.09 - NASA has selected fellows in three areas of astronomy and astrophysics for its Einstein, Hubble, and Sagan Fellowships.
NASA's Fermi Telescope Sees Most Extreme Gamma-Ray Blast Yet

02.19.09 - The first gamma-ray burst to be seen in high-resolution from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is one for the record books. The blast had the greatest total energy, the fastest motions and the highest-energy initial emissions ever seen.