Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
NASA all-sky transit survey launched in 2018; identifies exoplanet candidates via brightness dips, often passed to JWST or ground-based facilities for atmospheric follow-up.
Vault-relevant results
- 2023 — flagged toi-5205-b (Jupiter-sized giant around an 0.4 M☉ M dwarf); follow-up confirmation led by shubham-kanodia. Cited in src-sciencedaily-forbidden-exoplanet-atmosphere-2026-04.
- Discovery instrument for several other vault exoplanet entities including toi-1130b.