11,000 New Planet Candidates Discovered

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The search for exoplanets has traditionally focused on bright and often relatively nearby stars, as they are easier to observe in detail. This plan has worked: there are now over six thousand confirmed exoplanets. But, of course, planets don't just exist around comfortably bright stars. Now, a group of scientists has developed a new analysis tool that has enabled NASA's TESS telescope to be used for much more ambitious searches, and has announce…

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Just thirty years ago, our solar system seemed to be an absolute exception in cosmic immensity. Today, astronomers have just detonated the meters. By injecting a dose of artificial intelligence into NASA's TESS satellite archives, a team of researchers has recently exhumed more than ten thousand potential worlds completely [...]