Asteroid Tsunamis, Kepler's 1st Photo, Mission to Ceres (Video)

April 20, 2009

Saddle up for this week's Discovery Space Wrap Up, ladies and gents: Asteroid tsunamis aren't as bad as we thought, Kepler planet-hunting telescope sees first light, Scientists want to land on Ceres in the Asteroid Belt, and Colbert gets "treaded" by NASA:

As promised, below a link to that 105 MB photo of Kepler's very first image.
WARNING: Don't just click this willy-nilly! Save it to your computer directly. E.g. on a windows machine, right-click and "save as" to a folder of your choice.

I mean it... Save this to your computer.

Links to more information about items mentioned in the video:

• Asteroids Won't Raise Killer Waves (NewScientist)
• Kepler Sees First Light (Universe Today)
• New Lander Could Probe Dwarf Planet Ceres for Life (SPACE.com)
• NASA Treads (Lightly) on Comedian (Free Space)
• Wide Angle: Back to the Moon! (Discovery Space)

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Comments

[John Mesplay]

okay these might be strange questions... but...

i have always wondered how do they know the ages of stars and how long will they last and like how do they know exactly how far the stars are away like how many light years they are away from us?

[Timothy2035]

How long will it take to get to Ceres? I am really anxious to know. Hurry up and unpack Dave. We don't want boxes in the background. Only computers and sci-fi gadgets. LOL!