NASA’s TESS Mission Finds Planetary System in New Way
5 Min Read NASA’s TESS Mission Finds Planetary System in New Way This artist’s concept visualizes a super-Jupiter orbiting an orange dwarf star at a distance similar to Jupiter’s distance from the Sun. Credits: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center For the first time, NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) mission has identified a planet orbiting a distant star thanks to ripples in space-time. Unlike the star-hugging transiting planets TESS regularly reveals, the newfound world is a su
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