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Tagged: TESS

  • MIT astronomers discover crumbling planet; may offer insight into Earth-like conditions in space

    Read it at the Boston Globe

    April 24, 2025

  • Astronomers Discover Planet With a Tail

    Read it at Newsweek

    April 22, 2025

  • Green comets, new planets, and images that have astronomers rethinking the Big Bang

    Listen at WBUR

    January 19, 2023

  • Newly discovered exoplanet may be a ‘Super Earth’ covered in water

    Read it at Popular Science

    August 25, 2022

  • This Hell Planet Has Metal Clouds, Astronomers Say

    Read it at Gizmodo

    February 22, 2022

  • A “hot Jupiter’s” dark side is revealed in detail for first time

    Read it at MIT News

    February 21, 2022

  • The weather on this exoplanet includes metal clouds and rain made of precious gems

    Read it at CNN

    February 21, 2022

  • One year on this giant, blistering hot planet is just 16 hours long

    Read it at MIT News

    October 03, 2025

  • Balancing Homework and A.P. Classes, These High Schoolers Discovered Four Exoplanets

    Read it at The Smithsonian

    February 01, 2021

  • TESS mission discovers massive ice giant

    Read it at MIT News

    July 01, 2020

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