“There is a mistake in the Nature article. The Kepler Mission is actually doing very well and is producing planet discoveries that will be announced early next year. Data from 3 of the 84 channels that have more noise than the others will be corrected or the data flagged to avoid being mixed in with the low noise data prior to the time an Earth twin could be discovered.”
I just wish they wouldn’t use the term “earth Twin”.
Space ping.
if it’s a software problem, maybe, hardware problem not a great idea - what if the noise was indicative of a critical component on the verge of failure - hard to find a software fix.
“The noisy amplifiers were noticed during ground testing before the device was launched. “Everybody knew and worried about this,” says instrument scientist Doug Caldwell. But in the end, he says, the team thought it was riskier to pry apart the telescope’s electronic guts than to deal with the problem after launch.”
Johannes Kepler was a big believer in the “music of the spheres.” Maybe that’s the “noise” they are picking up.
What an incredible waste anyway!
There are no ‘Earth twins.’
Earth is unique.
First, find another G2V star that isn’t in a binary or trinary system. Good luck.
Noise is due to a component operating out of spec.
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I smell a conspiracy. They have found another Earth-like planet and it’s inhabited by giant democRats. Our ‘rats will take all of our money. These big guys will take our planet.