MIT ’s teaming up with Google to design the first planet that can really , truly search the sky for planets like to Earth in size and terrain , taking us a giant dance step nearer to making contact with extraterrestrial . Google is funding the development of a six gamy - res , full - field digital cameras with a 192 - megapixel resolution for TESS — the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite . That ’s enough resolution to guess the luminousness of two million star . MIT scientists are currently hard at work with the design of TESS ’ observatory .
Up until now , the only planets outside of our solar system that we ’ve successfully find are way bigger than dry land . This is because most satellites detect planets by observing the draw their gravity exerts on the wiz they orb , so it ’s easier to find large satellite orbiting closely to their stars . TESS does things a little bit otherwise : it ’ll explore for planets by appraise the amount of starlight it obscure , allow astronomers to see a peck more planets of different calibers all at once . Examining the spectrum of a planet ’s star as it passes through its planet ’s atmospheric state also lets research worker gauge the planet ’s size , temperature , and atmospheric chemistry much more accurately .
If all goes as project , TESS could launch in 2012 , and we could be create friends with outlander by 2013 . Image by Tess Team
MIT aim to research for land - corresponding planets with Google ’s help[MIT intelligence ]
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