TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite)

Astrophysics
Exoplanets
Goddard Space Flight Center
Stars
TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite)
The Universe
Jan. 23, 2026 NASA’s TESS Returns to Science Observations NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) entered safe mode Jan. 15 and returned to normal science operations Jan. 18.  The operations team determined the issue arose when TESS slewed to point at a target, but its solar panels did not rotate to remain pointed at the […]
Posted January 23, 2026
Ames Research Center
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Exoplanets
Kepler / K2
Open Science
TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite)
Trained on data from NASA’s exoplanet-hunting missions, the open-source ExoMiner++ deep learning model uses an advanced algorithm to validate new planets.
Posted January 22, 2026
Ames Research Center
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Pioneers
CubeSats
Exoplanet Science
Exoplanet Transits
Exoplanets
Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes Research
Goddard Space Flight Center
Infrared Light
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Kepler / K2
SmallSats Program
Stars
Studying Exoplanets
TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite)
The Universe
Visible / Optical Light
Editor’s Note, Jan. 11, 2026: NASA’s Pandora and the NASA-sponsored BlackCAT and SPARCS missions lifted off at 8:44 a.m. EST (5:44 a.m. PST) Sunday, Jan. 11. A new NASA spacecraft called Pandora is awaiting launch ahead of its journey to study the atmospheres of exoplanets, or worlds beyond our solar system, and their stars. Along […]
Posted January 9, 2026
Astrophysics
Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes Research
Goddard Space Flight Center
Star Clusters
Stars
Stellar Evolution
TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite)
The Universe
Astronomers have revolutionized our understanding of a collection of stars in the northern sky called the Pleiades. They used data from NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) and other observatories as NASA explores the secrets of the universe for the benefit of all, from the Moon to Mars and beyond.
Posted November 20, 2025
Exoplanets
Exoplanet Discoveries
Gas Giant Exoplanets
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Kepler / K2
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Neptune-Like Exoplanets
Super-Earth Exoplanets
Terrestrial Exoplanets
TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite)
The Search for Life
The milestone highlights the accelerating rate of discoveries, just over three decades since the first exoplanets were found. The official number of exoplanets — planets outside our solar system — tracked by NASA has reached 6,000. Confirmed planets are added to the count on a rolling basis by scientists from around the world, so no […]
Posted September 17, 2025
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Binary Stars
Citizen Science
TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite)
When two stars orbit one another in such a way that one blocks the other’s light each time it swings around, that’s an eclipsing binary. A new paper from NASA’s Eclipsing Binary Patrol citizen science project presents more than 10,000 of these rare pairs – 10,001 to be precise. These objects will help future researchers study […]
Posted June 26, 2025
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Chandra X-Ray Observatory
Hubble Space Telescope
IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer)
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite)
The Universe
From new perspectives on the early universe to illuminating the extreme environment near a black hole, discoveries from NASA missions will be highlighted at the 245th meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS). The meeting will take place Jan. 12-16 at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland.
Posted January 10, 2025
Exoplanet Detection Methods
Exoplanet Discoveries
Exoplanet Transits
Exoplanets
Neptune-Like Exoplanets
Radial Velocity
Super-Earth Exoplanets
TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite)
The Discovery A huge planet with a long name – IRAS 04125+2902 b – is really just a baby: only 3 million years old. And because such infant worlds are usually hidden inside obscuring disks of debris, it is the youngest planet so far discovered using the dominant method of planet detection. Key Facts The […]
Posted November 20, 2024
Binary Stars
Exoplanet Science
Exoplanets
Neptune-Like Exoplanets
TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite)
The Discovery A planet that could resemble a smaller version of our own Neptune orbits one of two Sun-like stars that also orbit each other. The planet dwells in the “habitable zone,” with a potentially moderate temperature, and poses a challenge to prevailing ideas of planet formation. Key Facts Astronomers once imagined that our solar […]
Posted May 21, 2024
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