Astronomers have discovered thousands of exoplanets, or worlds beyond the solar system. In June, researchers announced they had logged the 4,000th such planet into a NASA catalogue. The first was found in 1992. Two artists have illustrated all of those discoveries in 60 seconds using an incredible animated map and […]
NASA launched a new planet-hunting space telescope in April using a SpaceX rocket. The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), as the spacecraft is called, could discover thousands of worlds fairly close to Earth. Scientists also expect to find about 50 small, rocky planets that may be habitable to alien life. […]
NASA launched a new planet-hunting telescope on Wednesday aboard a SpaceX rocket. The telescope, called the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), may find thousands of worlds relatively close to Earth. Scientists hope to discover about 50 small, rocky planets that may be habitable to alien life. Now that TESS is […]
Elon Musk’s rocket company, SpaceX, launched a new NASA space telescope on April 18. Called the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite,TESS will stare down 200,000 nearby stars to search for rocky, Earth-size planets. TESS is expected to find thousands of new worlds, including 50 that may be small, rocky, and potentially […]
