The TESS operations team reported that science data not yet sent to the ground appears to be safely stored on the satellite. Recovery procedures and investigations are underway to resume normal operations, which could take several days. TESS launched in April 2018 and has since discovered more than 250 exoplanets – worlds beyond our solar system – and thousands of additional candidates. NASA promises additional updates as they become available. TESS has been instrumental in many fascinating discoveries. Some of the most recent include:
Astronomers Discover Nearby Multiplanet System With Two Earth-Sized Planets30 Exocomets Discovered in Young Planetary SystemAstronomers Make Discovery of a Lifetime: Extremely Unusual StarTESS Finds Almost 100 Quadruple Star SystemsNewly-Discovered Planets Are Doomed
