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News for scientists

This page provides news updates to help the scientific community propose targets for TESS and analyze TESS data. These updates will be transmitted by email exploder at non-regular intervals. You can also subscribe to the RSS feed to receive the latest news.

Notice of call for community input into the TESS Extended Mission Planning
TESS Special Bulletin: April 23rd
TESS Special Announcement
TESS Weekly Bulletin: Apr 11th
TESS Weekly Bulletin: Mar 19th
Notice of upcoming call for community input into the TESS Extended Mission Planning
TESS Weekly Bulletin: Feb 15th
TIKE Webinars
TESS Science conference III
TESS Weekly Bulletin: Feb 12th
TESS Special Bulletin: Jan 5th
TESS Weekly Bulletin: Dec 13th
TESS Weekly Bulletin: Nov 28th
TESS Special Bulletin: Oct 30th
TESS Weekly Bulletin: Oct 25th
TESS Weekly Bulletin: Sep 21st
Data Validation Products updated for Sector 66
TESS Weekly Bulletin: Aug 22nd
TESS Cycle 6 selections
TESS Weekly Bulletin: Aug 10th
TESS Weekly Bulletin: July 25th
TESS Weekly Bulletin: June 27th
TESS Weekly Bulletin: June 14th 2023
TESS Weekly Bulletin: May 19th
TESS Weekly Bulletin: Apr 14th
TESS Weekly Bulletin: April 3rd
TESS Weekly Bulletin: Mar 22nd
TESS Weekly Bulletin: Feb 28th
TESS Weekly Bulletin: Feb 16th
TESS Special News Bulletin
TESS Weekly Bulletin: Jan 27th
TESS Interactive Data Workshop Materials
TESS at the AAS!
Cycle 6 Call for Proposals is now Live!
TESS Weekly Bulletin: Dec 15th
TESS Splinter Session at AAS 241
TESS Weekly Bulletin: Nov 30th
TESS activities at AGU 2022
TESS Weekly Bulletin: Nov 21st
TESS Weekly Bulletin: Nov 4th
TESS Interactive Data Workshop
TESS Weekly Bulletin: Oct 20th
TESS Weekly Bulletin: Sep 28th
TESS Weekly Bulletin: Sep 14th
TESS Weekly Bulletin: Sep 1st
TESS Weekly Bulletin: Aug 25th
TESS Weekly Bulletin: Aug 15th
TESS Weekly Bulletin: Aug 5th
TESS Cycle 5 selections
TESS Weekly Bulletin: July 22th
TESS Weekly Bulletin: July 7th 2022
TESS Weekly Bulletin: June 28th
TESS Weekly Bulletin: May 27th
TESS Weekly Bulletin: May 13th
TESS Weekly Bulletin: March 30th
TESS Weekly Bulletin: March 17th
TESS Weekly Bulletin: March 1st
TESS Weekly Bulletin: February 20th
TESS Weekly Bulletin: February 6th
TESS AAS Splinter Session
TESS Weekly Bulletin: January 21st
TESS Weekly Bulletin: January 10th
TESS Weekly Bulletin: January 3rd
TESS activities at AGU
TESS Weekly Bulletin: December 6th
TESS Weekly Bulletin: November 25th
TESS Weekly Bulletin: November 10th
TESS Weekly Bulletin: November 1st
TESS Weekly Bulletin: October 22nd
TESS Sector 46 pointing
TESS Weekly Bulletin: October 4th
TESS Weekly Bulletin: September 20th
TESS Weekly Bulletin: September 10th
TESS Weekly Bulletin: August 18th
TESS Weekly Bulletin: August 10th
TESS Weekly Bulletin: July 28th
TESS Science Conference II - Splinter Session
TESS Weekly Bulletin: July 19th
Archive Scientist Position
TESS Weekly Bulletin: July 7th
TESS Weekly Bulletin: June 23rd
TESS Weekly Bulletin: June 14th
TESS Weekly Bulletin: June 01st
TESS Weekly Bulletin: May 24th
TESS Cycle 4 selections
TESS Weekly Bulletin: April 30th
TESS Weekly Bulletin: April 19th
TESS Weekly Bulletin: April 12th
TESS Weekly Bulletin: April 1st
TESS Weekly Bulletin: Match 18th
TESS Weekly Bulletin: Match 12th
A “Beta” Trial of Quick-Look TESS Orbit Data: Early Release of Sector 35 Orbit 1 Calibrated Full Frame Images
TESS Weekly Bulletin: Match 1st
TESS Weekly Bulletin: February 19th
TESS Weekly Bulletin: February 12th
TESS Science Conference II
TESS Weekly Bulletin: February 5th
2020: A year in review
TESS Weekly Bulletin: January 25th
TESS Weekly Bulletin: January 22nd
TESS Weekly Bulletin: January 8th
TESS Weekly Bulletin: December 23rd
TESS Weekly Bulletin: December 14th
TESS Weekly Bulletin: November 20th
TESS Weekly Bulletin: November 13th
TESS Weekly Bulletin: November 5th
TESS Weekly Bulletin: October 30th
Cycle 4 Proposal Deadline January 22
TESS Weekly Bulletin: October 23rd
TESS Weekly Bulletin: October 5th
TESS Weekly Bulletin: October 1st
First TESS Extended Mission now available
Talks and posters wanted for AAS Special Session on Mining TESS Data
TESS Weekly Bulletin: September 25th
TESS Weekly Bulletin: September 18th
TESS Weekly Bulletin: September 11th
TESS Weekly Bulletin: August 31st
TESS Weekly Bulletin: August 19th
Sector 27 and 28 20-second cadence target lists
The TESS Extended Mission
TESS Weekly Bulletin: August 12th
TESS Weekly Bulletin: July 29th
TESS Weekly Bulletin: July 20th
TESS Weekly Bulletin: July 13th
TESS Weekly Bulletin: July 6th
TESS Weekly Bulletin: June 29th
TESS Weekly Bulletin: June 23th
TESS Weekly Bulletin: June 12th
Reprocessed TESS data coming soon
Fifth TESS Weekly Bulletin
Cycle 3 selected programs announced
Fourth TESS Weekly Bulletin
Third TESS Weekly Bulletin
Second TESS Weekly Bulletin
First TESS Weekly Bulletin
Replacement of Sectors 20 and 21 data
April 18th marks the two year anniversary of TESS in space
New Support Scientist on the GI team
Record number of TESS GI proposals received
TESS activities at AAS
Volunteer to review TESS proposals
Updates on Cycle 3 Guest Investigator Program
Update on pointing for Sectors 24, 25, and 26
Full-frame image release cadence survey
Update on TESS data availability at MAST
Cycle 3 Guest Investigator announcement
We want your newsworthy results for AAS
Announcement of the TESS Extended Mission
Update on pointing for Sector 16
All TESS Cycle 1 data available at MAST
Update on TESS pointing in Year 2
Upcoming TESS Conferences
Guest Investigator Program Cycle 2 results available
TESS Input Catalog Version 8 (TIC-8) is now available at MAST
TESS pointing during Year 2
HST-TESS Advisory Committee Call for White Papers
ARK/RPS submission page now open
Guest Investigator Program Cycle 2 deadline now March 14
TESS Sessions at the AAS Meeting January 2019
Sector 1 and 2 data now available at MAST
Web TESS Viewing Tool updated for Cycle 2
TESS Sector 1 and 2 data to be available on December 6
Data from first two TESS Observation Sectors to be released in early December
TESS Science Support Center is hiring
Preliminary Target Pixel Files from TESS Object of Interest Alerts Now Public at MAST
TESS Special Session at Winter AAS
Sector 3 Guest Investigator target lists available
Sector 1 data are being processed and validated
Sector 2 GI target list available
Changes in the TESS team at Goddard
First TESS downlink successfully completed
Sector 1 preliminary GI target list available
TESS Spacecraft Starts Science Operations
NASA’s TESS spacecraft continues testing prior to first observations
TESS Input Catalog Updated
TESS successfully completes lunar flyby
TESS commissioning nominal and on track for lunar encounter
Three-body dynamics in the TESS orbit
Successful TESS launch
TESS launch today!
Watch the launch
TESS simulated data available
TESS arrives at Kennedy Space Center and updated launch date
TESS Highlights at AAS 231
Guest Investigator Program Cycle 1 results available
TESS Input Catalog Version 6 (TIC-6) is now online at MAST
TESS team at AAS 231
Proposal submission now closed
Release of TESS cool dwarf catalog
Target list pointers
Cycle 1 proposal deadline change
Release of Web TESS Target Tool
Release of a software tool to calculate TESS magnitudes and noise level
Increase in target allocation for GI Program
TESS to observe bright stars at 2-min cadence
TESS-HERMES catalog of spectroscopic stellar parameters is now available
Cycle 1 proposal template available
TESS Guest Investigator Cycle 1 proposal submission page open
TESS Passes Critical Review
Error in a small number of TIC v5 surface gravities
ExoFOP-TESS now online
TESS Guest Investigator Cycle 1 released
TESS Science Support Center at KepSciCon
TESS team at AAS 230
TESS Observatory Guide now available
Volunteer to review proposals
Tell us about the software tool and data products you would like
Space hardware development and going well
Development of new TESS website

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