Next year there is a plan to send a space telescope to L2 with the main objective being to search for Earth-like planets around Sun-like stars in the habitable zone.
Like Kepler and TESS telescopes it will use the transit method to find new exoplanets, but unlike any mission before, it's going to look at the same spot in the sky for over a year. Super excited to see what data it brings back to us.
Like Kepler and TESS telescopes it will use the transit method to find new exoplanets, but unlike any mission before, it's going to look at the same spot in the sky for over a year. Super excited to see what data it brings back to us.
The telescope is called PLATO ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PLATO_(spacecraft) )
I contributed to the project a few years back, very happy to answer any questions.