News Archive / Tagged: transit method
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In first six months, TESS discovers three exoplanets and more
Laurel KornfeldJanuary 12th, 2019During the first six months of its two-year mission, NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) discovered three confirmed planets and many planet candidates while also observing other astronomical phenomena such as supernovae, asteroids, comets, and eclipsing binary stars.
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Has NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope detected first exomoon?
Laurel KornfeldOctober 4th, 2018NASA's Kepler Space Telescope may have discovered evidence of a moon orbiting a planet around a distant star.