Catching a Comet: How the TESS Science Office found C/2018 N1
by Natalia Guerrero, TESS Science Office In a series of full-frame images taken over the course of 17 hours, a…
NASA’s Planet-Hunting TESS Catches a Comet Before Starting Science
Before NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) started science operations on July 25, 2018, the planet hunter sent back...
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NASA’s TESS Spacecraft Starts Science Operations
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite has started its search for planets around nearby stars, officially beginning science operations on…
NASA’s TESS Spacecraft Continues Testing Prior to First Observations
After a successful launch on April 18, 2018, NASA’s newest planet hunter, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, is currently…
NASA’s New Planet Hunter Snaps Initial Image, Swings by Moon Toward Final Orbit
An artist’s illustration of TESS as it passed the Moon during its lunar flyby. This provided a gravitational boost that...
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TESS Launches
MIT and NASA make history with the next generation of exoplanet- hunting satellites. TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) launched on...
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Looking forward to Launch
Natalia Guerrero TESS arrived at NASA Kennedy Space Center early in March and is awaiting its launch date, set for…
TESS at AAS 231
Members of the TESS Science Office at MIT Kavli and the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics will be at AAS 231…
TESS Observatory undergoing thermal vacuum testing
The integration of the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite is complete. The satellite is now a fully functioning observatory and it…
TESS mission to discover new planets moves toward launch
Read full article on MIT News Satellite’s cameras have been delivered by MIT researchers and passed NASA inspection. A NASA...
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