TESS

HOW IT IS BUILT The methods behind it Exoplanet Jupiter Binary star Brown dwarf WHAT IT CAN DO Its core abilities WHERE IT IS USED Super-Earth · Eclipsing binary TESS learns · reasons · acts
How it's built
What it can do
Where it's used

TESS stands for the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, a NASA space telescope launched in 2018 designed to discover planets orbiting distant stars. Unlike traditional telescopes that take pictures of space, TESS monitors the brightness of thousands of stars simultaneously, looking for tiny dips in light that occ…