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KEPLER DISCOVERS HUNDREDS OF EXTRASOLAR PLANETS!
February 21, 2011
Guests: William Borucki
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Kepler Principal Investigator William Borucki returns with details of the spacecraft's possible discovery of more than 1,200 worlds circling other stars. Many are Earth-sized, many are in the...  more »

WILLIAM BORUCKI ON KEPLER'S SEARCH FOR ANOTHER EARTH
January 18, 2010
Guests: William Borucki
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The Kepler spacecraft's discovery of five exoplanets has just been confirmed by ground-based telescopes. Principal Investigator Bill Borucki returns with a progress report and a look forward toward...  more »

KEPLER BEGINS SEARCH FOR OTHER EARTHS
May 11, 2009
Guests: William Borucki
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Will this new probe find Earth-sized planets in the so-called "habitable zone?" We talk with William Borucki, Science Principal Investigator for the mission. Bill Nye is keeping an eye on this...  more »