TESS, short for Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, will be the first NASA science mission launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. (sciencenews.org)
Most planet hunters now pin their immediate hopes for discovering Earth - like planets on NASA's upcoming Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, which is slated to launch in 2017. (scientificamerican.com)
The Trans - Atlantic Exoplanet Survey, which looks for the shadow of a planet moving between us and its star, uncovered a Jupiter - size world using just a 4 - inch telescope. (discovermagazine.com)