TESS: Exoplanet Survey Data from a Multi-Year Satellite Mission

The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is a multi-year NASA mission that has discovered exoplanets orbiting bright stars across the entire sky using high-precision photometry. The data is hosted on AWS Open Data and originates from the Space Telescope Science Institute. The survey also enables studies in stellar astrophysics, solar system science, and extragalactic variability.

Use Cases

• Detecting exoplanet transits based on high-precision photometry data
• Analyzing stellar variability and astrophysics based on light curves
• Conducting solar system science studies based on survey observations
• Investigating extragalactic variability based on the multi-year sky survey

Strengths

• Data is from a dedicated NASA satellite mission designed for exoplanet discovery
• Covers the entire sky, providing a broad observational base
• Enables a wide variety of studies beyond exoplanets, as noted in the description

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

Space Telescope Science Institute

Collection Method

Collected via the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) using high-precision photometry.

Time Range

Multi-year survey (specific dates unknown)

Freshness

Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified

Geography

Entire sky