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NASA’s next exoplanet hunter will seek worlds close to home

The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite is designed to spot planets orbiting nearby bright stars.
  1. Alexandra Witze
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Filling the shoes of NASA’s Kepler spacecraft won’t be easy. Since its launch in 2009, Kepler has discovered nearly three-quarters of the 3,700-plus known exoplanets. And there are thousands more candidates waiting to be confirmed.

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Nature 556, 158-159 (2018)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-03354-7

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