... Star Atlas . ... stars . ... Kepler spacecraft takes pulse of distant stars . Using the unparalleled data provided by Kepler, scientists are revolutionizing our understanding of stars and their structures. ... An international cadre of scientists that used data from NASA's Kepler spacecraft announced Tuesday the detection of stellar oscillations, or т??starquakes,т?? that yield new insights about the size, age, and evolution of stars. ... KASC scientists also reported on the star RR Lyrae. ...