TESS
TESS Finds its Third Planet, a sub-Neptune with a 36-Day Orbit
After only three months of operation, NASA's TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) spacecraft is delivering on its mission to find…
Now that TESS is Operational, Astronomers Estimate it’ll Find 14,000 Planets. 10 Could Be Earthlike Worlds in a Sunlike Star’s Habitable Zone
How many exoplanets are there? Not that long ago, we didn't know if there were any. Then we detected a…
Carnival of Space #575
Welcome to the 575th Carnival of Space! The Carnival is a community of space science and astronomy writers and bloggers,…
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope will Inspect the Atmospheres of Distant Gas Giants
When the James Webb Space Telescope is deployed, it will study and characterize the atmospheres of gas giants, with the…
How Many Planets is TESS Going to Find?
According to a new study, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite is estimated to find over 4000 planets during its first…
Farewell Kepler. Welcome TESS
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral today, carrying NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite into space. This…
Exoplanet-Hunting TESS Satellite to be Launched by SpaceX
The search for exoplanets is heating up, thanks to the deployment of space telescopes like Kepler and the development of…
NASA’s Next Exoplanet Hunter Moves Into Development
NASA's ongoing hunt for exoplanets has entered a new phase as NASA officially confirmed that the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite…
Is Our Solar System Weird?
Is our Solar System normal? Or is it weird? How does the Solar System fit within the strange star systems…
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The Search for Alien Life Could Get A Boost From NASA’s Next-Generation Rocket
In three years, NASA is planning to light the fuse on a huge rocket designed to bring humans further out…