DESTINATIONS: News | SpaceFlight | Science/Astronomy | SETI |   Space Business News February 7, 2007      TOP STORY posted: February 7, 2007 11:36 am EDT   The Kepler Mission: The Search for Earth-like Planets BOULDER, Colorado ? The hunt for Earth-like worlds orbiting distant suns will get a big boost next year with the liftoff of NASA?s Kepler mission. That spacecraft?s job is to monitor 100,000 stars in a stellar staring contest intended to detect periodic decreases in a star?s brightness?a falloff of light due to planets transiting their parent stars. Read More    MISSIONS/LAUNCHES Astronaut's Family, NASA Release Statements After Arrest NASA Astronaut Charged With Attempted Murder    SCIENCE/ASTRONOMY Night Clouds Warm Red Planet New Gamma-Ray Energy Source Spotted By Astronomers    RECENT HEADLINES Astronaut?s Arrest Spotlights Differences in NASA, Navy Policies posted: 6 February 2007 4:59 p.m. EDT Despite Budget Concerns, Europe May Solicit New Space Science Missions posted: 05 February 2007 06:12 am EDT NASA Spending Plan Reflects White House Policy posted: 5 February 2007 1:23 p.m. EDT Finding New Worlds: Theoretical Conjecture Versus Hands-on Astronomy posted: 5 February 2006 6:00 a.m. EDT    COOL STUFF VOTE! Most Amazing Galactic Images Ever! Gallery: Top ISS Photos Vote: The Best Space Movies posted: EDT Gallery: Lightning Strikes Gallery: Casting Our Solar System In a New Light Zoom in: Solar System's Largest Volcano    What is This?  Starry Night Astronomy  Products NEW Starry Night ? Enthusiast 6.0 For the adventurous at heart, 2.5 million stars are yours to explore. Go anywhere you want, see anything you want!   TODAY'S FEATURE New Wallpaper: Spaceships Take a trip into the future with cool spaceship images by Steve Hayhurst.   MORE COOL STUFF VIDEO: Black Hole: Warping Time & Space When a supermassive star dies, it's corpse collapses into a knot so tight not even light can escape.                advertisement

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