In hunt for life, astronomers identify most promising stars
Tuesday, March 26, 2019 - 18:40
in Astronomy & Space
NASA's new Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is designed to ferret out habitable exoplanets, but with hundreds of thousands of sunlike and smaller stars in its camera views, which of those stars could host planets like our own? A team of astronomers has identified the most promising targets for this search.