Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite

Black hole rips apart a star, scientists managed to snag a look at the violent event

NASA's TESS showed that the star was eventually sucked into oblivion in a rare cosmic occurrence.

Starquakes rocking the Sun of an alien world reveals details about a 'Hot Saturn'

Astronomers are also using TESS data to estimate how big, heavy or old a host star might be.

NASA's TESS discovers a new planet orbiting a dwarf star 53 light years away

The surface of the new planet is likely around 300 degrees Fahrenheit — relatively cool.

NASA retires Kepler telescope after nine years of exoplanet hunts and discoveries

Kepler's findings have given a glimpse into roughly 200,000 potentially habitable world in Earth's sky.

NASA's TESS spots two distant exoplanets in its first discovery months after launch

TESS made an early discovery of “super-Earth” and “hot Earth” planets in solar systems.

NASA's TESS sends back first images from its hunt for Earth-like planets

This image captures a wealth of stars and other objects, including systems known to have exoplanets.

Scientists discover nearly 80 new planetary candidates using K2 data

The discovery was based on the analaysis of data from K2's 16th and 17th observing campaigns.

NASA to continue search for planets orbiting stars beyond our solar planet using the TESS satellite

NASA plans to send the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, into orbit from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket

Scientists develop telescope attachment for enhanced precision in exoplanet observation

With the attachment, ground-based telescopes can produce measurements of light intensity that rival the highest quality photometric observations from space.