Science is a shared endeavor. We learn more when we work together. Today, three different @NASA space telescopes are observing the same star/planet system
Why? READ ONpic.twitter.com/YhAwrw8qEE
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As the TESS spacecraft
enters its third year of observations, it's taking a new look at a familiar system this month. And today it won't be alone. Astronomers are looking at AU Microscopii, a young nearby star, with the TESS, NICER and Swift observatories.pic.twitter.com/RFpSyQtTPe
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TESS will be looking for more transits of a recently-discovered exoplanet lurking in the dust of AU Microscopii. Astronomers think there may be other worlds in this active system, as well!pic.twitter.com/K5yPutxek1
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A telescope called NICER on the
@Space_Station will also focus on AU Mic today. While NICER is designed to study neutron stars, it can study other X-ray sources, too. Scientists hope to observe stellar flares by looking at the star with its high-precision X-ray instrument.pic.twitter.com/WULo2YKHVLShow this thread -
A different team of astronomers will use
@NASA's Swift Observatory to peer at AU Mic in X-ray and UV to monitor for high-energy flares while TESS simultaneously observes the transiting planet in visible light. Stellar flares like those of AU Mic can bathe planets in radiation.pic.twitter.com/ehDUBO62zJShow this thread -
The flares that a star produces can have a direct impact on orbiting planets' atmospheres. The high energy photons and particles associated with flares can alter the chemical makeup of a planet's atmosphere and erode it away over time.pic.twitter.com/MFyh23I4YR
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Another time TESS teamed up with a different spacecraft, it discovered the hidden exoplanet called AU Mic b with
@NASASpitzer. That notable discovery inspired our latest poster! https://go.nasa.gov/399cPB9 pic.twitter.com/u0q2hJpKxP
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