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With the launch of TESS, NASA will boost its search for exoplanets

Astronomers expect TESS to find 20,000 faraway planets in the next two years

illustration of TESS telescpope

LOOK CLOSER  NASA’s next exoplanet hunting telescope, TESS (shown in this artist’s illustration), will seek out worlds orbiting the nearest and brightest stars.

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

By Lisa Grossman

- More than 2 years ago

NASA is stepping up its search for planets outside our solar system.