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TESS Status Updates

TESS Status Updates

NASA January 23, 2026
Jan. 23, 2026 NASA’s TESS Returns to Science Observations NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) entered safe mode Jan. 15 and return...
NASA AI Model That Found 370 Exoplanets Now Digs Into TESS Data

NASA AI Model That Found 370 Exoplanets Now Digs Into TESS Data

NASA January 22, 2026
Trained on data from NASA’s exoplanet-hunting missions, the open-source ExoMiner++ deep learning model uses an advanced algorithm to validate new pl...
Hidden magma oceans could shield rocky exoplanets from harmful radiation

Hidden magma oceans could shield rocky exoplanets from harmful radiation

SpaceDaily January 19, 2026
Rochester NY (SPX) Jan 19, 2026 Deep beneath the surface of distant exoplanets known as super-earths, oceans of molten rock may be doing something e...
Plato passes vibe check

Plato passes vibe check

ESA January 15, 2026
Plato, the European Space Agency’s mission to discover Earth-like exoplanets, successfully passed a first round of tests designed to ensure that the...
Pandora exoplanet mission checks in after launch

Pandora exoplanet mission checks in after launch

SpaceDaily January 13, 2026
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 13, 2026 NASA mission controllers have acquired full signal from the agency's Pandora small satellite, confirming the he...
NASA’s Pandora Satellite, CubeSats to Explore Exoplanets, Beyond

NASA’s Pandora Satellite, CubeSats to Explore Exoplanets, Beyond

NASA January 9, 2026
A new NASA spacecraft called Pandora is awaiting launch ahead of its journey to study the atmospheres of exoplanets, or worlds beyond our solar system...
Puffy young exoplanets reveal origin of super Earths

Puffy young exoplanets reveal origin of super Earths

SpaceDaily January 8, 2026
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 08, 2026 Astronomers have identified a young planetary system that links newborn giant worlds to the compact super Earths and...
We finally know how the most common types of planets are created

We finally know how the most common types of planets are created

SpaceDaily January 8, 2026
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 07, 2026 Thanks to the discovery of thousands of exoplanets to date, we know that planets bigger than Earth but smaller tha...
2025 AAS Town Hall Schedule

2025 AAS Town Hall Schedule

NASA December 31, 2025
247th American Astronomical Society (AAS) Meeting SATURDAY, JANUARY 3 8:30AM – 6:0PM  NASA’s Exoplanet Exploration Program Analysis Group (ExoPAG...
2025 AAS Hyperwall Schedule

2025 AAS Hyperwall Schedule

NASA December 31, 2025
247th American Astronomical Society (AAS) Meeting Join NASA in the Exhibit Hall (Booth #401 for Hyperwall Storytelling by NASA experts. Full Hyperwall...
Webb maps carbon rich atmosphere on distorted pulsar planet

Webb maps carbon rich atmosphere on distorted pulsar planet

SpaceDaily December 26, 2025
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 17, 2025 Scientists using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have identified an exoplanet with an atmosphere unlike any ...
Clues to the migration path of hot Jupiters in their orbits

Clues to the migration path of hot Jupiters in their orbits

SpaceDaily December 22, 2025
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 16, 2025 The first exoplanet discovered in 1995 was a hot Jupiter, a Jupiter mass planet orbiting its star every few days....
NASA’s Webb Observes Exoplanet Whose Composition Defies Explanation

NASA’s Webb Observes Exoplanet Whose Composition Defies Explanation

NASA December 16, 2025
Scientists using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have observed a rare type of exoplanet, or planet outside our solar system, whose atmospheric com...
Hidden circumbinary giant planet emerges from decade old Gemini data

Hidden circumbinary giant planet emerges from decade old Gemini data

SpaceDaily December 14, 2025
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 14, 2025 Astronomers have directly imaged a giant exoplanet orbiting a pair of stars, in a configuration reminiscent of...
Ultra hot super Earth shows dense atmosphere over magma ocean

Ultra hot super Earth shows dense atmosphere over magma ocean

SpaceDaily December 14, 2025
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 14, 2025 A Carnegie-led team using NASAs James Webb Space Telescope has obtained the strongest evidence so far for an atmos...
NASA’s Webb Detects Thick Atmosphere Around Broiling Lava World

NASA’s Webb Detects Thick Atmosphere Around Broiling Lava World

NASA December 11, 2025
Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have detected the strongest evidence yet for an atmosphere on a rocky planet outside our solar s...
RISTRETTO spectrograph cleared for Proxima b atmospheric hunt

RISTRETTO spectrograph cleared for Proxima b atmospheric hunt

SpaceDaily December 9, 2025
Geneva, Switzerland (SPX) Dec 09, 2025 The RISTRETTO project at the University of Geneva has reached a key stage, with several core elements of i...
Helium escape mapped from superpuff exoplanet WASP 107b by JWST

Helium escape mapped from superpuff exoplanet WASP 107b by JWST

SpaceDaily December 3, 2025
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 03, 2025 An international team including astronomers from the University of Geneva and the National Centre of Competenc...
Decoded star reveals signs of distant stellar merger and black hole companion

Decoded star reveals signs of distant stellar merger and black hole companion

SpaceDaily November 26, 2025
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 26, 2025 Astronomers at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy analyzed the vibrations of a distant red giant sta...
Water production on exoplanets revealed by pressure experiments

Water production on exoplanets revealed by pressure experiments

SpaceDaily November 21, 2025
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 20, 2025 Researchers led by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory postdoctoral scientist Harrison Horn have demonstrated a...