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
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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