Episode 58 – Exploring New Worlds with Kepler

Dr. Natalie Batalha

This week we talk with Dr. Natalie Batalha, co-investigator of NASA’s Kepler Team. Dr. Batalha talks to us about her love of science (especially physics), the Kepler mission, and the discovery of planet Kepler 10b.

Links:

• Dr. Natalie Batalha, co-investigator of the Kepler Team
• Dr. Natalie Batalha, San Jose State University
• Bay Area Native Takes Road Less Traveled to Kepler’s Space Mission (NASA.gov)
• Stars, Planets, Life and The Universe (web seminars from the NSTA Learning Center)
• NASA’s Kepler Mission Discovers its First Rocky Planet
• Kepler 10b (from NASA.gov)
• Kepler Multimedia (from NASA.gov)
• NASA’s Kepler Spacecraft Discovers Extraordinary New Planetary System (NASA.gov)
• Kepler Finds a Mini Solar System (Bad Astronomy)
• New Found Cornucopia of Exoplanets More Than Doubles Cosmic Census (popsci.com)
• Six Ways to Find Another Earth (boingboing.net)
• Symphony of Science “We’re All Connected”
• Cats Playing Patty-Cake

Kepler Discovers its First Rocky Planet (from NASA Multimedia, narrated by Dr. Batalha)

Direct download: LOL58.mp3