Yoji Kondo

TL;DR: The Kepler mission was designed to determine the frequency of Earth-sized planets in and near the habitable zone of Sun-like stars, which is the region where planetary temperatures are suitable for water to exist on a planet's surface.

TL;DR: The Kepler mission as mentioned in this paper was designed with the explicit capability to detect Earth-size planets in the habitable zone of solar-like stars using the transit photometry method, and the results from just 43 days of data along with ground-based follow-up observations have identified five new transiting planets with measurements of their masses, radii, and orbital periods.

TL;DR: The first 43 days of the Kepler asteroseismology program were reported in this paper, showing that the unique capabilities of Kepler in providing a revolutionary advance in stellar astrophysics are already well in evidence.

TL;DR: In this paper, a reexamination is conducted as to whether or not AIC occurs for the new models of O + Ne + Mg white dwarfs and solid C + O white- dwarfs that can ignite nuclear burning at significantly lower central densities than in the previous models.

TL;DR: Asteroseismology involves probing the interiors of stars and quantifying their global properties, such as radius and age, through observationsof normal modes of oscillation as discussed by the authors.