Spacecraft set for two-year search for mystery worlds
Calling all planets that orbit around bright, nearby stars: NASA’S new TESS spacecraft is looking to do a head count.
The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite — TESS for short — is set to embark Monday on a two-year quest to find and identify mystery worlds thought to be lurking in our cosmic backyard.
Life might be out there, whether microbial or more advanced, and scientists say TESS and later missions will help answer the age-old question of whether we’re alone.