Cheops, ESA’s new exoplanet mission, has successfully completed its almost three months of in-orbit commissioning, exceeding expectations for its performance. The satellite, which will commence ...

This week marks the one-year anniversary of the launch of CHEOPS, the European Space Agency’s exoplanet investigation satellite. CHEOPS looks at known exoplanets discovered by other missions and ...

Artist’s impression of Cheops, ESA’s Characterizing Exoplanet Satellite, in orbit above Earth. In this view the satellite’s telescope cover is open. ESA / ATG medialab The Characterizing Exoplanet ...

ESA's CHEOPS has passed the commissioning phase of its journey The space telescope tested its instruments and functions for about three months CHEOPS will most likely begin its mission by studying a ...

Cheops gives a great signal to noise because the telescope is not looking through the distorting effects of the Earth’s lower atmosphere. This clarity proved decisive in recognizing Quaoar’s ring ...