TESS’s first habitable zone earth sized planet, TOI-700 d!

A team of scientists led by Joey Rodriguez requested follow-up observations with Spitzer to confirm TOI 700 d.
Release of the first three years of HARPS-N solar spectra in celebration of five years of solar telescope operation

The HARPS-N Solar Telescope has been observing the Sun as a distant, point-like star every clear day at 5-minute cadence
A Rare Look at the Surface of a Rocky Exoplanet

This artist's illustration depicts the exoplanet LHS 3844b, which is 1.3 times the mass of Earth and orbits an M dwarf star.
Newly-Discovered Rocky Exoplanet Has Three Red Suns

Astronomers using NASA’s TESS Satellite have discovered a terrestrial planet orbiting a star in the triple-star system LTT 1445.
TESS Data May Already Hold a Clue to The Mysterious Planet Nine

The hypothesized Planet Nine has an expected magnitude of 19 < V < 24 raising the possibility that TESS could discover it!
Researchers Arrive at Extreme Solar Systems IV Meeting

This semi-annual meeting covers all aspects of research on exoplanets.

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An illustration of Kepler-1649c

Earth-sized, habitable-zone exoplanet found hiding in Kepler data

Friday, April 17, 2020

Habitable Zone Diagram

TOI-1338: TESS' First Transiting Circumbinary Planet

Thursday, April 16, 2020

TOI 700, a planetary system 100 light-years away in the constellation Dorado, is home to TOI 700 d, the first Earth-size habitable-zone planet discovered by NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Astronomers Just Found (Another) Potentially Habitable Exoplanet. What Happens Next?

Tuesday, January 14, 2020

TESS Mission's First Earth-size World in Star's Habitable-zone

Monday, January 6, 2020

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