Tag: TESS
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Jul 15, 2018Since observing small exoplanets with thin atmospheres like Earth will be challenging for Webb, astronomers will target easier, gas giant exoplanets first. -
Jun 23, 2018Search considered successful “dress rehearsal” for exoplanet hunter TESS. -
May 19, 2018NASA’s next planet hunter TESS is one step closer to searching for new worlds after successfully completing a lunar flyby on May 17. -
May 10, 2018NASA has awarded five-year grants, each approximately $8 million, to three research teams that will study the origins, evolution, distribution and future of life in the universe. -
May 3, 2018NASA’s new Chief Scientist, Dr Jim Green, speaks to Martin Still, who is the Program Manager on the TESS mission, about how its quest to discover nearby exoplanets -
Apr 19, 2018NASA’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. -
Apr 15, 2018Step outside on a clear night, and you can be sure of something our ancestors could only imagine: Every star you see likely plays host to at least one planet. -
Apr 13, 2018NASA’s next mission to continue the search for Earth-like worlds is ready to blast off. -
Mar 30, 2018NASA’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 targets where future studies will assess their capacity to harbor life. -
Mar 15, 2018Trailing Earth’s orbit at 94 million miles away, the Kepler space telescope has survived many potential knock-outs during its nine years in flight, from mechanical failures to being blasted by cosmic rays.
