Nov 4, 20153 minHot Friends of Hot Jupiters: The WASP-47 systemEver since a mechanical failure caused the end of the original Kepler mission in 2013, the Kepler spacecraft has been conducting a survey...
Oct 16, 20153 minComets or Aliens?Let’s deal with the big question first. Has Planet Hunters discovered aliens? The answer is no. But that doesn’t mean that all of the...
Mar 24, 20151 minExtracted Lightcurves From Vanderburg & Johnson (2014) Now Available at MASTA new MAST High Level Science Product from K2 has been delivered that includes extracted lightcurves. Courtesy of Vanderburg & Johnson...
Dec 8, 20141 minKepler 2.0It’s up! The first science data from the new Kepler K2 mission is up on Planet Hunters just waiting to be looked at for new planets,...
Nov 18, 20143 minBlurry Eyes and Stellar Contamination in the Kepler Light curvesThe light curves you see on Planet Hunters are not always the light of a single star. Kepler has very very precise but blurry vision. The...
Sep 18, 20143 minA Brand New Planet HuntersOn December 16, 2010, the Zooniverse launched Planet Hunters to enlist the public’s help to search for extrasolar planets (exoplanets) in...
Feb 24, 20143 minAn Introduction to MASTToday we have a guest post from Scott Fleming. Scott is a scientist at the Space Telescope Science Institute, located in Baltimore, MD,...
Nov 18, 20134 minK2 – Kepler’s (Proposed) 2nd Exoplanet MissionK2 mountain, the 2nd highest peak in the world Image credit: Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:K2_2006b.jpg) In May, Kepler...
Oct 21, 20132 minWhat to do with a 2-wheeled Kepler?Now that Kepler is officially 2-wheeled, NASA and the Kepler team are looking at what Kepler could be re-purposed to do. Except for...
May 15, 20133 minThoughts on the (possible) death of KeplerToday brought some incredibly sad news to planet hunters everywhere. The Kepler satellite, which has provided all the data which has fed...
Apr 13, 20132 minKepler’s SuccessorRecently NASA selected the next set of missions for the Explorer Program to be launched in 2017 from four proposed mission concepts. The...
Nov 12, 20122 minThe Kepler Extended MissionImage Credit: NASA/Kepler Team Today marks the successful end of Kepler‘s primary mission. Kepler has revolutionized the field of...
Apr 4, 20123 minKepler Gets an Extended MissionThe NASA Senior Review panel decisions are in. The panel assessed Kepler and several other astrophysics missions including Hubble Space...
Jan 16, 20122 minBBC Stargazing LiveWe at Planet Hunters are thrilled to be part of this year’s BBC Stargazing Live – three nights of astronomy programing featured on the...
Jan 5, 20122 minA Good Start to 2012Happy New Year and Happy 2012 Everyone – We’ve got lots in store for 2012. I wanted to give you a quick update on what the team’s been up...
Dec 10, 20112 minThe First Kepler Science ConferenceGreetings from the Cleaveland airport, I’m on my way back to Yale from California. This past week I’ve been attending y the First Kepler...
Sep 23, 20111 minA word from Bill Borucki: Kepler P.I.Dear Planet Hunters: I’m writing to congratulate you on your wonderful discovery of some unique new planet candidates. I began designing...
Sep 16, 20111 min“Tatooine” discovered by KeplerToday’s breaking news is that the Kepler team have discovered a planet orbiting two suns, just like the fictional home planet of Luke...
Aug 13, 20111 minQ3 Data Release AnnoucementThe Kepler team announced yesterday the release of Q3 data has moved up from June 2012 to September 23rd. Q3 is about 90 days of...
Mar 10, 20112 minGaps in the DataI wanted to give a brief update on the gap question and talk a little more about what causes those gaps in the data. You might have...