Kepler Worlds - Jon Jenkins (Science Shorts)

This is a "Science Shorts" version of Jon Jenkins talk on the Kepler Mission. The Kepler Mission began its science observations just one year ago on March 12, 2009, initiating NASA's first search for Earth-like planets. Initial results and light curves from Kepler are simply breath-taking, and they reveal as much about the instrument as they do about the stars Kepler observes. Dr Jenkins will discuss how much we've learned over the past year about the instrument and the stars and how we are modifying the Science Pipeline to reveal small Earth-like planets.