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    NASA'S TESS Satellite Could Find Planet Hosting Life

    by Jessica Wapner May 04, 2018 2 minutes
    The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite is shown in this conceptual illustration. NASA plans to send TESS into orbit from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket between April 16 and June on a two-year mission.
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    The excitement among those gathered for the launch of TESS, NASA’s latest sky watcher, on April 18 was understandable. Equipped with four telescopes, the satellite will orbit for two years, taking pictures of more than 200,000 stars, dozens within 10 light-years of Earth. Sara Seager, deputy director of science for

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