بچه‌های تیم «Primitive Research» گل کاشتن و اعلام کردن با زیر و رو کردن داده‌های نوری تلسکوپ فضایی تس (TESS) از دل بیشتر از ۱۹ میلیون ستاره، ۴۹ تا کاندیدای سیاره فراخورشیدی تازه شکار کردن

we’re very pleased to announce that Primitive Research has identified 49 exoplanet candidates and counting (yes, seriously) we searched TESS light curves from more than 19 million stars to get here so as not to overwhelm the incredible TESS TOI Vetting Team, we’ve submitted one candidate and are holding the rest at their request the submission was via email, of course ;) we’ve been automating much of the painstaking work astronomers do: searching TESS data, cross-checking other sources, and vetting signals through to detailed candidate dossiers. the 49 passed our initial screening against published vetting thresholds and are ready to be considered for telescope follow-up, which we’re actively pursuing we strongly believe this approach is novel, and we’re authoring a paper with astrophysicists on the methodology we plan to release the data and analyses in the coming weeks these candidates are phase 1. next, we want to find a nearby transiting habitable-zone planet candidate whose atmosphere could be studied. much more on that later we had some amazing partners on this that we will shout out soon if you’re interested in working with us, our DMs are open