Kepler Co-I Ronald L. Gilliland was awarded the 2012 American Astronomical Society Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize for his innovative work on ultra- high signal-to-noise observations related to time-domain photometry and the opening of this new frontier.
2012 AAS
Kepler Participating Scientist Eric B. Ford was awarded the 2012 American Astronomical Society Helen B. Warner Prize for his theoretical and computational research in the field of extrasolar planets, including ground-breaking work on the dynamical evolution of planetary systems and planet formation. This work has established the importance of gravitational scattering within exoplanet systems, quantified the uncertainty in exoplanet orbits, led to immediately useful and testable observational predictions, and aided the efficient design of new exoplanet searches.
2011 Mar 25.
Kepler makes the CNN News Stream's Top 100 on Twitter. On the day of the 100th episode of CNN's News Stream--a one hour social media-powered news program that highlights user-generated content--CNN compiled a list of the 100 tweeps (those who tweet) who have informed and inspired their coverage from day one. @NASAKepler and @NASA made the list.
