On July 4, NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) finished its primary mission, imaging about 75% of the starry sky as part of a two-year-long survey. In capturing this giant mosaic, TESS ...
TESS's significantly larger survey area, encompassing nearly the entire sky compared to Kepler's smaller field of view, allows it to observe a substantially greater number of stars. TESS's shorter ...