Tag: exoplanet missions


  • NASA’s Exoplanet Probe Tracks Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS to Gauge Spin

    NASA’s Exoplanet Probe Tracks Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS to Gauge Spin

    Overview: A New Window into Interstellar Visitors In a pioneering collaboration across the solar system, NASA’s exoplanet-hunting instruments pivoted to a different kind of traveler: interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. From January 15 to January 22, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) conducted a targeted observation run designed to measure the spinning motion of this elusive visitor…