Planet Hunter: Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite
- On July 4, NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) finished its primary mission, imaging about 75% of the starry sky as part of a two-year-long survey.
- NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite is an all-sky survey mission that seeks to discover thousands of exoplanets around nearby bright stars.
Major Findings
- Among the mission’s newest planetary discoveries are its first Earth-size world, named TOI 700 d, which is located in the habitable zone of its star, the range of distances where conditions could be just right to allow liquid water on the surface.
- TESS revealed a newly minted planet around the ....
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