NASA planet-hunting telescope captures 2 lakh stars in 1 pic
NASA's new planet-hunting telescope has captured a test image centred on the constellation Centaurus, revealing over 2,00,000 stars. The spacecraft passed about 8,000 kilometres from the Moon, which provided a gravity assist to enter an elliptical orbit around Earth. The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is expected to begin science operations in June to release a "first light" image.