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24 Apr 2025
TESS Discovers a World Disintegrating into a Comet-like Dust Tail
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TESS at MIT retweeted
5 Nov 2024
The #TESScon3 talks are now live! 🎥
Watch all conference presentations on our YouTube channel:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PL…
@TESSatMIT @NASAExoplanets
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TESS at MIT retweeted
24 Jul 2024
We're looking forward to welcoming you to #TESScon3 at MIT next week!
Please check the schedule and logistics page on the website: tsc.mit.edu/travel.html
Safe travels!
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TESS at MIT retweeted
10 Jun 2024
📢 Don't forget to register for #TESScon3! The regular registration deadline is THIS FRIDAY, June 14th.
Register now at web.cvent.com/event/6b111f21…
tsc.mit.edu/
@NASAExoplanets @TESSatMIT
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TESS at MIT retweeted
29 May 2024
The program for #TESScon3 is out now! Check it out tsc.mit.edu/
📢 Reminder: All presenters must be registered for the conference.
🏨 If you haven't booked your stay yet, don't delay! Room blocks at Hyatt Regency, Boston University, and MIT dorms are filling up fast.
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TESS at MIT retweeted
12 Apr 2024
Have you submitted your abstract to #TESScon3? The deadline for submissions is today!
tsc.mit.edu
#TESS #NASA #AAS #exoplanets #ExoPAG
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8 Apr 2024
Are you coming to @TessSciCon3? Abstract submissions are due Friday, April 12.
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4 Apr 2024
It's that time!! @TessSciCon3 is happening at MIT 7/29 - 8/2. Catch up on the TESS mission, new science, and data analysis techniques from the community. Abstract submission deadline is April 12 (very soon!) tsc.mit.edu/
ALT TESS Science Conference III logo with a stylized TESS satellite in the center, with the letters T S C 3 on each of the four cameras and 20 and 24 on either side.
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4 Apr 2024
It's that time!! @TessSciCon3 is happening at MIT 7/29 - 8/2. Catch up on the TESS mission, new science, and data analysis techniques from the community. Abstract submission deadline is April 12 (very soon!) tsc.mit.edu/
ALT TESS Science Conference III logo with a stylized TESS satellite in the center, with the letters T S C 3 on each of the four cameras and 20 and 24 on either side.
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TESS at MIT retweeted
14 Mar 2024
We are happy to announce that registration for #TESScon3 has just opened!
Please register and submit your abstracts here: tsc.mit.edu/
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21 Apr 2023
TESS celebrated its fifth "launchiversary" this week. Five years of exoplanets, variable stars, supernovae, and more!
18 Apr 2023
Happy 5th launch anniversary, TESS!
Check out this thread to see five of our favorite TESS discoveries so far! 🧵
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21 Apr 2023
Going "by the numbers," TESS already has confirmed hundreds of exoplanets and discovered thousands more candidates. x.com/MIT/status/16465752923…
13 Apr 2023
Since TESS launched in 2018, George Ricker and his team have detected more than 6,000 planet candidates, including approximately 500 with their masses now established. mitsha.re/boee50Nv4OG
ALT George Ricker stands in a lab, resting his elbow on a large metal cylinder.
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21 Apr 2023
Five years have flown by for the TESS Science Office and there are more data and discoveries to come ✨ tess.mit.edu/news/tess-celeb…
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18 Apr 2023
🎉 Happy five-year "launchiversary," TESS! 🎉 Let's celebrate all the discoveries since 2018 and hope for many more!
18 Apr 2023
#OTD in 2018, @NASA launched the TESS Space Telescope. In its first five years, TESS has discovered 329 planets and 4,300 planet candidates. go.nasa.gov/3opfR05 Here are some exoplanet highlights!🧵⬇️
ALT An infographic with a blue line drawing of the TESS spacecraft is headlined, “TESS, By the Numbers”. It is followed by large numbers with explanations: 329 exoplanets discovered, 4,300 plus exoplanet candidates; 1,500 research papers ; 93 percent of sky observed; 5 years in space ; 251 terabytes of image data; 467,768 objects observed at high precision; 50 nations contributing science.
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10 Jan 2023
TESS is at #AAS241! There'll be exciting discoveries from the mission shared at the splinter session and throughout the meeting.
10 Jan 2023
#AAS241 TESS Splinter Session hapenning this evening (Tuesday, Jan 10), 6:30 PM PST at room 4C-3.
@NASA_TESS, @TESSatMIT, @TESShelp
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18 Oct 2022
Did you know astronomers use TESS data to study our own Solar system? Learn how with 51 Pegasi Fellow @malena_rice, today at 2:30 Eastern on @OneGardenHQ!
17 Oct 2022
Tomorrow I'm delighted to be giving a fireside-chat-style talk about the outer solar system to close out the "The Bright Night Sky" series! Many thanks to @OneGardenHQ for this unique opportunity :)
Check out my talk and all the others in the series here: onegarden.com/collection/the…
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3 Oct 2022
TESS on the #DocEmmys red carpet! With @ProfSaraSeager, TESS was featured in the documentary @HuntforPlanetB. The film won Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary!✨
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26 Sep 2022
Check out the latest HLSP from the Quick Look Pipeline led by TESS postdoc @astro_mkuni.
Over 1 million light curves from the TESS Sector 40 full frame images in this batch!
21 Sep 2022
HLSP Update: QLP calibrated #TESS light curves from Sector 40 are now available at MAST. This release includes 1,037,873 new light curves, and is the first Sector of Year 4 data for the QLP collection. archive.stsci.edu/hlsp/qlp
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23 Sep 2022
🚨 TESS data alert! All Sector 54 data are on @MAST_News and Sector 55 (the last Year 4 sector!) is in progress 🖥️
19 Sep 2022
Mission Update: #TESS Sector 55 ingest has begun. Watch outerspace.stsci.edu/display… as services get updated.
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23 Sep 2022
TESS at #EPSC2022 this week! Featuring past MIT Torres Fellow @M_N_Guenther:
22 Sep 2022
Busy #EPSC2022: Presented TOI-270 and its possibly hycean world (feat. our TTVs and HST data) on Monday 🌐 Talked about flares and habitability today 🔥 Co-chaired our exciting discussion session 🎙️ And soon showcasing our #allesfitter software tonight 🧑💻 @TESSatMIT @esascience
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22 Sep 2022
TESS isn't just for planet-finding--it can also teach us about stars! #TBT to a paper earlier this month by student @AstroBenCap and @MIT_Physics assistant professor @amvanderburg ✨
9 Sep 2022
Very excited today to share this work from Ben Capistrant (@AstroBenCap) arxiv.org/abs/2209.03379 working with @msoaresfurtado and me! It is a study of young variable stars called "dippers" with @TESSatMIT!
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