Discovering Exoplanets
NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite is brand new space-based telescope that is currently discovering exoplanets in our solar neighbourhood.
Date/Time: Mar 12 2019, 12:00 am to 12:45 am
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NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is brand new space-based telescope that is currently discovering exoplanets in our solar neighbourhood. TESS will identify planets ranging from Earth-sized to gas giants orbiting a wide range of stellar types and has already yielded surprising results.
Matthew Borghese
Matthew is a NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Solar System Ambassador on a goodwill mission to Canada. With a background in journalism, Matthew covered NASA space shuttle launches from Cape Canaveral, Florida before moving to the lower mainland. Now, Matthew shares NASA's story with the next generation of explorers, scientists, engineers, and artists.
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