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Special Theory of Relativity
Albert Einstein started inorperating grvity into equations -
Blackholes
First evidence was found of blackholes in galaxies and inbetween stars by John wheeler. -
LIGO
Laser Interfeometer Gravitational- Wave Observation which is a funded scientific collaboration to research gravitational waves -
Data Recorded
Data was recieved that Kepler would be able to see about 6,000 stars in a single field-of-view. The review panel acknowledged that science was excellent; that the detectors could provide the necessary performance, and that automated photometry could be done on thousands of stars simultaneously. The proposal was rejected because there was no proof that a photometer with the precision required to find Earth-size planets could be developed that would operate satisfactorily on orbit with the types. -
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The Kepler test bed was designed, built, and tested. The results were good. A report was written and communicated to the review panel chartered by HQ to verify the test bed performance. -
Proposal
The fourth opportunity to propose for a Discovery-class mission was announced. Kepler proposed for the fifth time. Kepler was one of three proposals selected from a total of 26 that was allowed to compete by writing a Concept Study Report and demonstrating readiness to proceed. -
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Let's Explore
Kepler is selected as Discovery mission #10. NASA's Discovery Program is a series of lower-cost, highly-focused American scientific space missions that are exploring the Solar System. The first discovery mission was NEAR. -
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New Planet
NASA researchers recently discovered the largest solid core ever found in an extrasolar planet, and their discovery confirms a planet formation theory. -
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COROT
The launch of COROT [COnvection, ROtation, & Planetarium Transits] on 21 December 2006 is a long awaited event in the quest to find planets beyond our Solar System. Searching from above the Earth's atmosphere, COROT – the CNES project with ESA participation - will be the first space mission specifically dedicated to the search for extrasolar planets. COROT is expected to greatly enlarge the number of known exoplanets during its two-year mission and provide the first detection of rocky planets, p -
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Smaller Planets
Kepler Telescope discovered turned a smorgasbord of smaller planets — and all in multi-planet systems. -
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Confirmation
The newly confirmed planet, Kepler-22b, is the smallest yet found to orbit in the middle of the habitable zone of a star similar to our sun. The planet is about 2.4 times the radius of Earth. Scientists don't yet know if Kepler-22b has a predominantly rocky, gaseous or liquid composition, but its discovery is a step closer to finding Earth-like planets. -
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New Discoveries
The new method researchers used to find and confirm these 715 planets relies on the idea that planets seem to cluster in systems with other planets, rather like our own. -
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First observation of graphic observational lens by Dennis Walsh , Bob Carswell and Ray Waymen -
Gravitational Wave Detection Confirmed
LIGO announced detection of gravitational waves.
