TESS is the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite. It looks for planets outside of our own Solar System, also called exoplanets. It looks at thousands of stars.
Maybe you are asking: Can't a computer look through all this data? What can I do?
Yes, there are computer programs that look for signals in TESS's data. These programs are good at finding exoplanets, but they can get confused. Human brains are excellent at detecting patterns that computers may miss.
Got a human brain? Then you can help!
More here: https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/nora-dot-eisner/planet-hunters-tess
What would you name a new planet that you discovered? Contact me at
RamoneRocketeer -at- gmail -dot- com.
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