BBC RADIO 5 LIVE: NASA’s TESS Space Telescope Has Spotted Its First Exoplanet

  • Jake Morgan

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    NASA launched the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) on April 18, 2018, and it began operations on July 25. In an early test of its powers, the satellite nabbed its first light image on August 7, which we finally got to see this past Monday.

    Period20 Sept 2018

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    • TitleTESS satellite
      Media name/outletBBC Radio 5 Live
      Media typeRadio
      Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
      Date20/09/18
      DescriptionNASA launched the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) on April 18, 2018, and it began operations on July 25. In an early test of its powers, the satellite nabbed its first light image on August 7, which we finally got to see this past Monday.
      URLhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/play/m0000ftr
      PersonsJake Morgan
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    Keywords

    • exoplanets
    • astronomy