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Artist's rendering of planet 8 Ursae Minoris b – also known as "Halla" – amid the field of debris after a violent merger of two stars. The planet might have survived the merger, but also might be an entirely new planet formed from the debris. W. M. Keck Observatory/Adam Makarenko

8 Ursae Minoris b: The Planet That Shouldn’t Be There

The discovery: A large planet is somehow orbiting a star that should have destroyed it.

by SpaceRef October 2, 2023July 15, 2024

Hot Neptune

Stars Can Strip Neptune-sized Planets To Their Rocky Cores

by SpaceRef August 15, 2022July 15, 2024

TESS illustration

Civil

TESS considering companion smallsat mission

by Jeff Foust August 6, 2021January 23, 2023

TESS Creates A Cosmic Vista Of The Northern Sky

by SpaceRef October 7, 2020July 15, 2024

TESS Completes Its Primary Mission

by SpaceRef August 11, 2020July 15, 2024

TESS Delivers New Insights Into An Ultrahot World

by SpaceRef June 30, 2020July 15, 2024

TESS Catches A Comet Outburst In Unprecedented Detail

by SpaceRef December 3, 2019July 15, 2024

TESS Presents Panorama Of The Southern Sky

by SpaceRef November 5, 2019July 15, 2024

NASA ROSES-19 Amendment 42: D.10 TESS Cycle 3 Final Text and Due Date

by SpaceRef October 16, 2019

TESS Rounds Up Its First Planets, Snares Far-Flung Supernovae

by SpaceRef January 8, 2019July 15, 2024