NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope Gets a Rare Look at the Surface of a Rocky Exoplanet
A new study using data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope provides a rare glimpse of conditions on the surface of a rocky planet orbiting a…
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TESS Discovers Habitable Zone Planet in GJ 357 System
A piping hot planet discovered by NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has pointed the way to additional worlds orbiting the same star, one of…
NASA’s TESS Mission Discovers Three New Worlds
NASA’s newest planet hunter, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), has discovered three new worlds — one slightly larger than Earth and two of a…
Noteworthy Discoveries From TESS Mission’s First Year
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered 21 planets outside our solar system and captured data on other interesting events occurring in the southern…
TESS Mission Discovers Smallest Planet to Date
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered a world between the sizes of Mars and Earth orbiting a bright, cool, nearby star. The planet,…
NASA’s TESS Mission Discovers Saturn-Sized Planet
Astronomers who study stars are providing a valuable assist to the planet-hunting astronomers pursuing the primary objective of NASA’s new TESS Mission. In fact, asteroseismologists…
Learn More About The New Worlds TESS Has Discovered
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has found three confirmed exoplanets, or worlds beyond our solar system, in its first three months of observations. The…
TESS Discovers Its Third Small Planet Outside Our Solar System
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, TESS, has discovered a third small planet outside our solar system, scientists announced this week at the annual American Astronomical…
First Tess Images in Hunt to Find Planets Beyond Our Solar System
NASA’s newest planet hunter, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), is now providing valuable data to help scientists discover and study exciting new exoplanets, or…
NASA’s Planet-Hunting Satellite Catches a Comet in Motion
Before NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) started science operations on July 25, 2018, the planet hunter sent back a stunning sequence of serendipitous images…
NASA’s TESS Planet Hunter Snaps Initial Test Image
NASA’s next planet hunter, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), is one step closer to searching for new worlds after successfully completing a lunar flyby…
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite Successfully Launched
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) launched on the first-of-its-kind mission to find worlds beyond our solar system, including some that could support life. TESS,…
Watch NASA TV Coverage of the Launch of TESS
LIVE, 6:30 p.m. Eastern: NASA TV coverage of the launch of TESS, NASA’s new planet-hunting mission. Launch is targeted at 6:51 p.m. EDT. TESS, the Transiting Exoplanet…
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) Science Data Pipeline
A Science Pipeline to New Planet Discoveries NASA’s ongoing search for life in the universe produces a lot of data. The agency’s new planet-hunting mission,…
NASA Television to Air Launch of TESS Planet-Hunting Mission
On a mission to detect planets outside of our solar system, NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is scheduled to launch no earlier than 6:32…
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite Ready to Search the Sky for New Worlds
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is undergoing final preparations in Florida for its April 16 launch to find undiscovered worlds around nearby stars, providing…