NASA Announcing Kepler Discoveries at Science Conference

Source:  http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2011/nov/HQ_M11-243_Kepler.html

 

 

MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA will host a news briefing at 8 a.m. PST, Monday, Dec. 5, to announce new discoveries by the Kepler mission. The briefing, during the Kepler Science Conference, will be in building 152 at NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif.

Kepler is the first NASA mission capable of finding Earth-size planets in or near the "habitable zone," the region in a planetary system where liquid water can exist on the surface of an orbiting planet. Kepler is detecting planets and possible candidates with a wide range of sizes and orbital distances to help scientists better understand our place in the galaxy.
A live stream of the Kepler Science Conference will be available at:  http://connect.arc.nasa.gov/kepler

Kepler Science Conference: http://kepler.nasa.gov/Science/ForScientists/keplerconference

Kepler Mission:  http://www.nasa.gov/kepler