This analysis has also revealed that the exoplanet LHS 3844b also does not have an atmosphere
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Space Exploration
TESS Update: Spacecraft discovers planet ‘missing from our Solar System’
Launched in 2018, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, has found three new worlds around a neighbouring star
Deep Space
TESS finds its first Earth-like planet 53 light years away
In the same system as this exciting Earth-like exoplanet, a sub-Neptune-sized planet was discovered too
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NASA’s TESS spots its first exoplanets and supernovae
From its first data set, astronomers have already discovered new and exciting exoplanets and pivotal distance-measuring supernovae
Space Exploration
Kepler retires from exoplanet-hunting duties
The space telescope has ran out of the fuel needed to advance on its already-impressive nine years of service
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NEW IMAGE RELEASE: Exoplanet hunter shares new results
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is now providing valuable data to help scientists discover and study exciting new exoplanets, or planets beyond our Solar System
Space Exploration
REPLAY: NASA launches its next planet-hunting mission
Wherever you are in the world, don’t miss the blast off of the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) by tuning into our livestream
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FREE PREVIEW: All About Space issue 75
Uncover why our chances of finding another habitable world are better than ever in the latest issue, available now from all good supermarkets and newsagents
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Hot alien world found around triple star system
The phenomenon has only been documented a few times before
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“The suitability for human life on a super-Earth is always a possibility,” says exoplanet hunter
We spoke to Professor Abel Méndez at the Planetary Habitability Laboratory at the University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo, to learn more about the potential for life on super-Earths
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How are TESS and the JWST different?
What are the key differences between two of NASA’s yet-to-be-launched missions?