NASA's TESS Mission finds planetary system in a new way
July 01, 2026
July 01, 2026
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, July 1 -- The University of New Mexico posted the following news:
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NASA's TESS Mission finds planetary system in a 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 its warping of space-time. Unlike the star-hugging transiting planets TESS regularly reveals, the newfound microlensing world is a super-Jupiter . . .
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NASA's TESS Mission finds planetary system in a 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 its warping of space-time. Unlike the star-hugging transiting planets TESS regularly reveals, the newfound microlensing world is a super-Jupiter . . .