NASA's Kepler Helps Iowa State's Kawaler, Astronomers Update Census of Sun-like Stars
Thursday, April 7, 2011 - 15:30
in Astronomy & Space
NASA's Kepler spacecraft is allowing Iowa State University's Steve Kawaler and an international team of astronomers to study changes in the brightness of 500 stars like our sun. Their findings are published in the April 8 issue of the journal Science.