Update: TESS resumed normal operations on Thursday (Oct. 13) and is expected to resume science observations on Friday (Oct. 14), according to a NASA statement. NASA's planet-hunting mission is in safe ...

NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), a space-based exoplanet hunter, has resumed operations following a technical issue that caused it to be put into safe mode earlier this week. The ...

Both space telescopes went down on April 23 — but, while Hubble is back, TESS remains in safe mode. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

NASA’s primary planet-hunting spacecraft paused its search for alien worlds two days after its most-recent data downlink. But some good news is on the horizon. On October 10, NASA’s TESS mission ...

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