TESS just found a planet in a new way—and more may be hiding in its eight years of data - Phys.org
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TESS just found a planet in a new way—and more may be hiding in its eight years of data - Phys.org

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For the first time, NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) mission has identified a planet orbiting a distant star thanks to its warping of space-time. Unlike the star-hugging transiting planets TESS regularly reveals, the newfound microlensing w…