This all-sky view shows the TESS sky map in a rectangular projection and marks the locations of confirmed (blue) and candidate (orange) exoplanets. The band of the Milky Way, the central plane of our galaxy, takes on a U shape, and the Large Magellanic Cloud, a nearby galaxy, appears as the elongated glow at bottom left. Black areas within the map indicate regions TESS has not yet imaged. (NASA / MIT / TESS / Kostov / University of Maryland via SWNS)
This view of the whole sky was constructed from 96 TESS sectors. By the end of September 2025, when the last image of this mosaic was captured, TESS had discovered 679 exoplanets (blue dots) and 5,165 candidates (orange dots). The glowing arc running through the center is the plane of the Milky Way. (NASA / MIT / TESS / Kostov / University of Maryland via SWNS)
This view of the whole sky was constructed from 96 TESS sectors. (NASA / MIT / TESS / Kostov / University of Maryland via SWNS)
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By Dean Murray
A NASA planet-hunting mission has unveiled its most detailed map of the sky yet, revealing thousands of potential alien worlds beyond our solar system.
This all-sky view shows the TESS sky map in a rectangular projection and marks the locations of confirmed (blue) and candidate (orange) exoplanets. The band of the Milky Way, the central plane of our galaxy, takes on a U shape, and the Large Magellanic Cloud, a nearby galaxy, appears as the elongated glow at bottom left. Black areas within the map indicate regions TESS has not yet imaged. (NASA / MIT / TESS / Kostov / University of Maryland via SWNS)
This view of the whole sky was constructed from 96 TESS sectors. By the end of September 2025, when the last image of this mosaic was captured, TESS had discovered 679 exoplanets (blue dots) and 5,165 candidates (orange dots). The glowing arc running through the center is the plane of the Milky Way. (NASA / MIT / TESS / Kostov / University of Maryland via SWNS)
