
TESS at MIT
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TESS at MIT
@TESSatMIT
The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite is searching the whole sky for transiting exoplanets that orbit the closest stars in the Galaxy.







It's that time!! @TessSciCon3 is happening at MIT 7/29 - 8/2. Catch up on the TESS mission, new science, and data analysis techniques from the community. Abstract submission deadline is April 12 (very soon!) tsc.mit.edu





Since TESS launched in 2018, George Ricker and his team have detected more than 6,000 planet candidates, including approximately 500 with their masses now established. mitsha.re/boee50Nv4OG

Happy 5th launch anniversary, TESS! Check out this thread to see five of our favorite TESS discoveries so far! 🧵

#OTD in 2018, @NASA launched the TESS Space Telescope. In its first five years, TESS has discovered 329 planets and 4,300+ planet candidates. go.nasa.gov/3opfR05 Here are some exoplanet highlights!🧵⬇️

#AAS241 TESS Splinter Session hapenning this evening (Tuesday, Jan 10), 6:30 PM PST at room 4C-3. @NASA_TESS, @TESSatMIT, @TESShelp

Tomorrow I'm delighted to be giving a fireside-chat-style talk about the outer solar system to close out the "The Bright Night Sky" series! Many thanks to @OneGardenHQ for this unique opportunity :) Check out my talk and all the others in the series here: onegarden.com/collection/the…

We won an #Emmys2022 🤩 @HuntforPlanetB

HLSP Update: QLP calibrated #TESS light curves from Sector 40 are now available at MAST. This release includes 1,037,873 new light curves, and is the first Sector of Year 4 data for the QLP collection. archive.stsci.edu/hlsp/qlp

Mission Update: #TESS Sector 55 ingest has begun. Watch outerspace.stsci.edu/display/TESS/T… as services get updated.

Busy #EPSC2022: Presented TOI-270 and its possibly hycean world (feat. our TTVs and HST data) on Monday 🌐 Talked about flares and habitability today 🔥 Co-chaired our exciting discussion session 🎙️ And soon showcasing our #allesfitter software tonight 🧑💻 @TESSatMIT @esascience

Very excited today to share this work from Ben Capistrant (@AstroBenCap) arxiv.org/abs/2209.03379 working with @msoaresfurtado and me! It is a study of young variable stars called "dippers" with @TESSatMIT!