Tag: TESS
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Sep 18, 2018NASA’s newest planet hunter, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), is now providing valuable data to help scientists discover and study exciting new exoplanets. -
Aug 9, 2018NASA’s Chief Scientist, Dr Jim Green, speaks to Kepler scientist Jon Jenkins. -
Aug 6, 2018Before 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 showing the motion of a comet. -
Jul 27, 2018NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite has started its search for planets around nearby stars, officially beginning science operations on July 25, 2018. -
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.
