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NASA satellite’s dazzling panorama hides 74 exoplanets (and potentially hundreds more) – CNET

The planet-hunter has captured images of around 75% of the sky over two years.

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This panorama of the northern sky is composed of 208 images taken by TESS in the second year of its mission.
NASA/MIT/TESS and Ethan Kruse (USRA)
A series of 208 images captured by NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) over one year reveal a dazzling sea of stars and 74 exoplanets in the northern sky, the space agency said in a release Monday. TESS has now imaged around 75% of the sky over two years. The planet-hunter wrapped up its second year of science operations in July. 
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