TESS just found a planet in a new way—and more may be hiding in its eight years of data
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"TESS just found a planet in a new way—and more may be hiding in its eight years of data" is generating significant coverage in the Science category, with 7 articles from 7 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include EurekAlert!, heise online, Texas Tech University and fox34.com. PULSE measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Why is "TESS just found a planet in a new way—and more may be hiding in its eight years " trending?
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Coverage (7)
- Artist’s concept visualizes Gaia23bra b, (IMAGE) EurekAlert! · 53d ago
- Search for Earth twin: TESS finds exoplanet via microlensing for the first time heise online · 53d ago
- Texas Tech Researcher Part of Team That Finds Planet in New Way Texas Tech University · 53d ago
- Texas Tech physicist helps confirm distant ‘super Jupiter’ using NASA satellite in new way fox34.com · 53d ago
- '8,000 candidate exoplanets': NASA's TESS is hiding mind-boggling space secrets in its 8-year data WION · 53d ago
- NASA’s TESS Mission Finds Planetary System in New Way NASA Science (.gov) · 53d ago
- TESS just found a planet in a new way—and more may be hiding in its eight years of data Phys.org · 53d ago
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