NASA’s TESS Mission Finds Planetary System in New Way

Source: nasaNews July 1, 2026 · 05:43
NASA’s TESS Mission Finds Planetary System in New Way
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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 super-Jupiter orbiting far from its host star. “When TESS launched, no one expected it to ever be capable […]
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