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NASA's planet-hunter TESS temporarily shuts off
United Press International via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, which has been searching for planets like Earth outside of the solar system, unexpectedly went into...
Scientists find planets in nearby solar system have unusual orbit
Newsy via AOL· 6 months agoTransiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite over Earth. A study led by researchers from the European Space...
NASA's TESS spacecraft resumes exoplanet hunt after recovering from glitch
Space via Yahoo News· 1 month agoIllustration of NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) at work. NASA's planet-hunting...
NASA's TESS exoplanet-hunting satellite celebrates 5 years in space
Space via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIllustration of NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) at work. NASA's Transiting...
Astronomers discover closest rocky ‘super Earth’ planets yet, per Nasa
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNasa’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or Tess, recently spotted two new rocky, Earth-like...
NASA's TESS exoplanet hunter may have spotted its 1st rogue planet
Space via Yahoo News· 1 month agoA spacecraft is seen against a background of stars with a glowing brownish red orb. NASA's...
Spunky Exoplanet Inexplicably Survives Host Star's Death Throes
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoIn his search for giant stars hosting large worlds, Samuel Grunblatt, an astrophysicist at Johns...
Citizen scientists find remarkable exoplanet, name it after Harry Potter character
Space via Yahoo News· 1 month agoA blue orb under a glowing yellow circle againsy a black background. Citizen scientists searching...
How 'safe mode' protects space telescopes like Hubble and TESS
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoThis image was taken from the Space Shuttle Atlantis just after the Hubble Space Telescope was...
New 'warm Jupiter' exoplanet has a weird orbit and another planet may be to blame
Space via Yahoo News· 12 months agoa gaseous planet orbits close to a nearby star, causing some of its gases to be burned off into...