Articles about TESS

NASA’s TESS probe chalks up its first Earth-sized planet in habitable zone, plus a ‘Tatooine’ planet

Astronomers report that NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, has detected its first Earth-sized planet lying in its parent… Read More

TESS probe helps scientists find potentially habitable planet, 31 light-years away

Astronomers are sharing a flood of findings from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, including the detection of a… Read More

TESS planet-hunters add a ‘sub-Neptune’ world to discovery list, with more to come

Less than a year after NASA’s TESS spacecraft was launched, the scientists behind the mission have unveiled their third confirmed… Read More

TESS probe finds first potential planets

Astronomers on the team for NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite mission, or TESS, are reporting their first potential planet discoveries,… Read More

NASA unveils first science images from TESS probe’s quest to spot alien planets

The first science images from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite focus on a strip of southern sky that includes the… Read More

It’s full of stars! NASA’s planet-hunting TESS probe sends back its first test image

One month after its launch, NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite has sent back an initial test image that shows more… Read More

SpaceX launches NASA’s TESS spacecraft on mission to seek out alien planets

SpaceX has launched NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, kicking off a mission aimed at surveying nearly the entire sky… Read More

SpaceX and NASA delay launch of TESS planet hunter to check guidance analysis

NASA and SpaceX say they’ll take more time to launch the Transiting Exoplanet Survey System, or TESS, just to make… Read More