@TESSatMIT

The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite is searching the whole sky for transiting exoplanets that orbit the closest stars in the Galaxy.

 Cambridge, MA
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Joined June 2008
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The #TESScon3 talks are now live! 🎥 Watch all conference presentations on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL… @TESSatMIT @NASAExoplanets

TESS Science Conference III

Held in Cambridge, MA July 29-Aug.1, 2024

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We're looking forward to welcoming you to #TESScon3 at MIT next week! Please check the schedule and logistics page on the website: tsc.mit.edu/travel.html Safe travels!
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📢 Don't forget to register for #TESScon3! The regular registration deadline is THIS FRIDAY, June 14th. Register now at web.cvent.com/event/6b111f21… tsc.mit.edu/ @NASAExoplanets @TESSatMIT
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The program for #TESScon3 is out now! Check it out tsc.mit.edu/ 📢 Reminder: All presenters must be registered for the conference. 🏨 If you haven't booked your stay yet, don't delay! Room blocks at Hyatt Regency, Boston University, and MIT dorms are filling up fast.

TESS Science Conference IV (TSC4)

July 26–30, 2027 · MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

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Have you submitted your abstract to #TESScon3? The deadline for submissions is today! tsc.mit.edu #TESS #NASA #AAS #exoplanets #ExoPAG @TESSatMIT @NASAExoplanets

TESS Science Conference IV (TSC4)

July 26–30, 2027 · MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

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We are happy to announce that registration for #TESScon3 has just opened! Please register and submit your abstracts here: tsc.mit.edu/ @TESSatMIT @NASAExoplanets

TESS Science Conference IV (TSC4)

July 26–30, 2027 · MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

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Are you ready to #UnfoldTheUniverse? JWST’s first science data is now public. JWST has observed planets, stars, galaxies and more, and NASA’s TESS mission is ready to support these observations! You can learn more about how TESS sees these objects with our new tutorials! 1/9
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144 Imposter Planets! Planet patrollers from NASA's @exoplanetpatrol #citizenscience project caught 'em red-handed. science.nasa.gov/science-new…

Planet Patrollers Turn In 144 Imposter Planets - NASA Science

When you’re trying to catch a planet, you’d better look twice! Volunteers on NASA’s Planet Patrol Citizen Science Project finished checking their first batch

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Ten worlds join our ever-growing catalog of confirmed exoplanets. The bounty includes two of the closest rocky exoplanets to Earth. We think there are billions of planets in our galaxy, and, to date, we've confirmed 5,054. We live in an age of discovery! exoplanets.nasa.gov/news/170…
An artist's rendering shows a dark exoplanet with its bright star in the background. Another rocky exoplanet is shown nearby in a field of stars.

ALT An artist's rendering shows a dark exoplanet with its bright star in the background. Another rocky exoplanet is shown nearby in a field of stars.

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There are eight planets in our solar system – and more than 5,000 confirmed beyond it. @NASAExoplanets is offering guided tours to some of the most exotic destinations in the galaxy: exoplanets.nasa.gov/travel

Exoplanets - NASA Science

Most of the exoplanets discovered so far are in a relatively small region of our galaxy, the Milky Way. (“Small” meaning within thousands of light-years of

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So far we've confirmed more than 5,000+ planets beyond our solar system. Exactly 0 of them are just like Earth. We've found raining glass and lava oceans. Some planets have two suns, others have three. Each one is a real world to explore: exoplanets.nasa.gov
A newly discovered exoplanet, LTT 1445 A b, orbits its parent star tightly; that star, in turn, orbits two others, making a three-star system. The arrangement is not unlike that of our nearest exoplanet neighbor, Proxima b, also with three stars in its sky, as shown in this artist's rendering. Image credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser

ALT A newly discovered exoplanet, LTT 1445 A b, orbits its parent star tightly; that star, in turn, orbits two others, making a three-star system. The arrangement is not unlike that of our nearest exoplanet neighbor, Proxima b, also with three stars in its sky, as shown in this artist's rendering. Image credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser

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Discovery Alert!📣 Just 33 light-years from Earth, two rocky super-Earths orbit a bright, red dwarf star. Astronomers found them using our TESS spacecraft and they seem to be ideal targets for followup by @NASAWebb! go.nasa.gov/3tEPKln
An artist's rendering shows a dark exoplanet with its bright star in the background. Another rocky exoplanet is shown nearby in a field of stars.

ALT An artist's rendering shows a dark exoplanet with its bright star in the background. Another rocky exoplanet is shown nearby in a field of stars.

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Four years ago today, we launched the TESS space telescope to search for exoplanets. So far, TESS has discovered 205 planets and has identified 5,488 planet candidates!
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On February 25, Katharine & Evan, @TESSatMIT / @MITKavli, will share some of the interesting exoplanet systems they have found & what they hope to find in the future! Join either in-person at @FraminghamU's Planetarium or virtually! Registration open now: cm-center.org/event/febplane…
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NASA’s TESS Space Telescope has captured evidence of more than 2,200 candidate planets orbiting bright, nearby stars, including hundreds of “smaller” planets – many possibly rocky worlds in some ways similar to Earth. go.nasa.gov/31ebJRw
An illustration showing the TESS satellite among many of the exoplanets it has discovered.

ALT An illustration showing the TESS satellite among many of the exoplanets it has discovered.

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TESS at MIT retweeted
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Astronomers have discovered a six-star system using @TESSatMIT via @nytimes nytimes.com/2021/01/23/scien… @NASA_TESS

Six Stars, Six Eclipses: ‘The Fact That It Exists Blows My Mind’ (Published 2021)

A handful of other six-star systems have been discovered, but this one is unique.

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We are excited to reveal a unique planetary system containing 6 #exoplanets! The TOI-178 system looks very different to our own Solar System and challenges current theories of planet formation. Let us tell you all about it in the thread below 👇 esa.int/Science_Exploration/…
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We've discovered 4,331 exoplanets – worlds beyond our solar system – so far. A new discovery this month is a multiplanet system 280 light-years from Earth. All five planets orbiting the star TOI 561 were observed by @NASA's TESS spacecraft. exoplanets.nasa.gov/eyes-on-…
Top-down chart of five exoplanets orbiting one star.

ALT Top-down chart of five exoplanets orbiting one star.

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@ScienceMIT's @TansuDaylan says that stars with multiple orbiting planets are "ideal laboratories for atmospheric characterization," since they allow you to better control for the star's intrinsic properties. 🪐 🪐 ☀️ 🪐 #AAS237 @TESSatMIT
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With telescopes including @NASA’s Swift and TESS, astronomers have identified the most predictably and frequently flaring active galaxy yet. ASASSN-14ko, which is 570 million light-years away, erupts every 114 days! nasa.gov/feature/goddard/202…

Swift, TESS Catch Eruptions from an Active Galaxy

Watch as a black hole partially consumes an orbiting giant star. In this illustration, the gas pulled from the star collides with the black hole’s debris disk and causes a flare.

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