The pipeline-processed data for K2 Campaign 14 are now available for download from the K2 archive at MAST.

The target list featured 29,897 standard long cadence and 147 standard short cadence targets, including Wolf-359, WASP-104, and rho Leo, alongside a number of large galaxies (e.g. M95, M96, M105 …

Data processing for K2 Campaign 14 is now complete and the pixel files and lightcurves are being ingested into the data archive at MAST. We anticipate that the data release will be made public on Monday, November 20th, or shortly thereafter.

The target list featured 29,897 standard long cadence …

During K2's upcoming Campaign 16, the Kepler spacecraft will be operated in its forward-facing mode to enable simultaneous observations of the K2 field to be carried out using ground-based telescopes.

A consequence of the forward-facing observing geometry is that the Earth-Moon system will be moving across Kepler's focal plane during …

Users seeking to obtain a copy of every single Target Pixel File (TPF) for a given K2 Campaign may now retrieve the data in bundles of tar archive files from the following url at MAST:

http://archive.stsci.edu/missions/k2/target_pixel_files/bundles/

By grouping the TPFs into larger bundles …

A small percentage of the available K2 pixels in each campaign may be allocated by the K2 Guest Observer (GO) Office Director as Director's Discretionary Targets (DDTs). The primary utilization of DDT programs is in support of community-proposed requests that are based on exceptional, time-critical observing opportunities that cannot be …

The science program and target lists for K2 Campaign 16 have now been posted on the approved targets & programs page.

Campaign 16 is scheduled to run from 2017 Dec 7 (~22h UT) through 2018 Feb 25 (~13h UT). The target list includes 29,888 standard long cadence and 129 standard …

With the astronomy job season in full swing, we alert our community to several post-doctoral job opportunities which emphasize the use of Kepler and K2 data:

• postdoc position at Aarhus University (closes Dec 1);
• postdoc position at the University of California, Riverside (closes Dec 15);
• postdoc position at Caltech/IPAC …

Proposals for targets to be observed by K2 in Campaigns 17, 18, and 19 are currently being solicited as part of K2 Guest Observer Cycle 6, with Phase 1 submissions due on October 12, 2017.

The fields of these campaigns will cover roughly 100 square degrees each towards the constellations …

The Kepler/K2 Science Center at NASA Ames is now accepting applications for paid internships via the NASA Internships Portal (search for the opportunity titled "Kepler/K2 Science Center"). The program enables students to gain experience in the scientific operations of a high-profile space photometry mission. PhD and graduate students …

The call for K2 Guest Observer Cycle 6 proposals for Campaigns 17, 18, and 19 has been released and made available at NSPIRES.