“We’re getting closer and closer to finding what is called a ‘ Goldilocks ‘ planet,” said Pete Worden, Director of NASA Ames Research Center areas of Mountain View, California, during a press conference on Monday.
Kepler detects a foreign planet uses what is called “transit” method. ” Looking for small dips in brightness of stars, telltale caused when transiting planet-or across the front of the stars from Earth’s perspective, blocking a fraction of the star light.
Find a graduate of the “candidates” to the planet after further observations confirms full that they are not a false alarm. This process, which is usually done with a large, ground-based telescopes, it can take about a year.