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10 Sep 2024

Hello and welcome TESS followers to this special news bulletin! Here we will discuss the results of the Cycle 7 proposal season.

The Cycle 7 review was held earlier this year in late May, with over 120 proposals submitted, seven of which being joint proposals. Of these proposals 14 were ...

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09 Sep 2024

Welcome TESS followers to our latest news bulletin!

First things first – if you are interested in citizen science with TESS, you can check out the latest project called Eclipsing Binary Patrol. Launched on Sep 3, 2024, Eclipsing Binary Patrol aims at confirming that a particular object observed by TESS is ...

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15 Aug 2024

Welcome TESS followers to our latest news bulletin!

This week, we are looking at three recent papers from the archive. Enjoy!

The frequency of transiting planetary systems around polluted white dwarfs (Robert et al. 2024) :

About one in four white dwarfs exhibit dust and gas emission, metals in the photosphere ...

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23 Jul 2024

The TESS Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (IDEA) working group invites the community to provide suggestions or voice concerns regarding how the TESS mission can better adhere to IDEA principles.

Please use this form to provide this feedback and ask questions. Members of the TESS mission team and the greater ...

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16 Jul 2024

Welcome TESS followers to our latest news bulletin!

This week, we are looking at three recent papers from the archive. Enjoy!

Searching for stellar cycles on low mass stars using TESS data (Ramsay et al. 2024) :

Low mass stars represent the majority of the stellar population in the Galaxy. Thus ...

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