Initial Exoplanet Discoveries from TESS

Speaker: Scott Fleming of the Space Telescope Science Institute

In April 2018, NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) launched and by the summer it was sending back data. What has this planet-hunter found? Dr. Scott Fleming will share several of the first exciting discoveries, plus detail about how the observatory is designed and how it compares to NASA’s Kepler/K2 mission. All of the data from TESS is available in the Barbara A. Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes (MAST), which is based at the Space Telescope Science Institute.

Host: Dr. Frank Summers

Recorded live on Tuesday, January 15, 2019, at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.

[hubblespacetelescope]

Talk begins at 22:21 for those who wish to skip News from the Universe. Enjoy!

[keybutnolock]

Great talk, great info, great presentation, great ! Small issue with audio but,
well worth watching again. ( note to self ) WATCH AGAIN !
Thanks.

[eviscerations]

got a couple questions:

a) due to the lack of any fuel limitation issues, can the continuous focal points for camera 4 be adjusted to potentially 'more interesting' areas than the designated polar regions after the initial survey is completed?

b) why not look at blue giant systems? are they not chosen for a specific reason, such as instability or variable luminosity?

c) what's the target 'range' for these surveys? is the focus within the galaxy, and if so, are we talking about out to perhaps 1000 light years, or 10, 000?

thanks

[twstf]

James Webb launch is STILL a couple years away?!?

WTF?!?

[cyrusaalborg]

How far in lightyears can the Hubble telescope observe ?

[sageriver]

Are there any merits on having a Moon based telescope over Earth based? Would it not be better to have a giant one there on the dark side?

[Nygge]

bits per seconds lol =) if i worked at nasa i would go crazy

[krshna]

1:12:10 to 1:12:40 can't believe how much this astronomy guy is failing at not only explaining, but even understanding fundamental physics and geometry, like basic gravitational interactions between 2 objects...
A planet is orbiting because it feels a gravitational "tug"? Star is being pulled towards the orbiting planet?

is this foxnews education channel?