NASA's next planet hunter will look closer to home
Thursday, July 28, 2016 - 06:01
in Astronomy & Space
As the search for life on distant planets heats up, NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is bringing this hunt closer to home. Launching in 2017-2018, TESS will identify planets orbiting the brightest stars just outside our solar system using what's known as the transit method.