Posts Tagged ‘Kepler’

Kepler Extension

Kepler Extension

When you have a good program going, the best thing to do is to keep that idea alive.  When you want to accomplish out-of-this-world feats, you look to those mechanisms existing outside of this world.  When such a machine delivers in its progress, you keep that thing going.  You might even ask that they keep-ler [...]

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Kepler Goes Planet Hunting

Kepler Goes Planet Hunting

There is a lot more out there than we know.  Thanks to the telescope called Kepler (pictured at the bottom) that was launched into space back in March of 2009 – just about a little over a month from celebrating its third anniversary up in the cosmos.  The spacecraft has set out to go into the [...]

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I Come in Peace

I Come in Peace

It would sound very odd if the phrase “Welcome to Earth” was replied with an, “Oh!  We call it XQ-824.”   This is bizarre and insensitive.  Also, it is surprising that an alien could speak English.  For a moment, I will assume there is some sort of translation machine.  There needs to be a better [...]

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