Kepler’s voyage from Earth to countless new worlds

IF 12.9 1区物理与天体物理 Q1 ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Nature Astronomy Pub Date : 2024-12-30 DOI:10.1038/s41550-024-02462-x

Erik Petigura

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开普勒从地球到无数新世界的航行

《隐藏在天空中：开普勒探索新行星的任务如何改变了我们对自己星球的看法》jason SteffenPrinceton大学出版社：2024。这是佛罗里达州三月里一个温和的夜晚。一群科学家和工程师聚集在卡纳维拉尔角观看开普勒太空望远镜的发射，这是有史以来第一个能够发现类地行星的仪器。一些旁观者，比如这次任务的首席研究员比尔·博鲁奇，已经为这个项目投入了几十年的时间，而其他人——包括本书的作者杰森·斯蒂芬——刚刚被雇佣，预计会有大量的数据，假设发射不会出错。局势高度紧张。几周前，美国宇航局的另一项任务在发射后不久坠毁。开普勒能在发射中幸存下来吗？这些仪器的性能是否符合规格？有没有其他的地球被发现？

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