First results of the SEA sky survey; new worlds beyond kerbol
As part of the ongoing sky survey conducted by the SEA in preparation for the eventual opening of the grand observatories, several transiting planets have been detected around 2 nearby stars, both smaller than Kerbol, SE-353, a small red dwarf, and SE-958, a K-type star slightly smaller than kerbol, with SE-353 posessing 3 signals which have repeated over time, and SE-958 posessing 2 signals which have repeated over time. These two systems will be the subject of both further observation in order to both determine if further planets are present, and determine more of the properties of the ones already detected.
The SEA has produced the following graphic in order to demonstrate to the kerbal public how this method of finding planets works.
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a ... 1080p.webm
The SEA provides the location of these stars in the sky, with the hopes that they may be observed by others and by more astronomers in the SEA, so that their properties may be understood more than approximate radii and orbital periods. They also emphasize caution, in the hopes of dispelling misinformation such as that seen when Lev Abri fraudulently claimed that interstellar comets discovered in the kerbol system were in fact alien spacecraft with no real basis.