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", "items": [ { "id": 470978, "type": "media", "extra_data": null, "title": null, "caption": "", "instance": { "id": 1155526, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a014700/a014797/TESS Staring Contest Thumbnail Watermarked.jpg", "filename": "TESS Staring Contest Thumbnail Watermarked.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "", "width": 1080, "height": 1920, "pixels": 2073600 } }, { "id": 470979, "type": "media", "extra_data": null, "title": null, "caption": "", "instance": { "id": 1155527, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a014700/a014797/TESS Staring Contest Vert.mp4", "filename": "TESS Staring Contest Vert.mp4", "media_type": "Movie", "alt_text": "“Artist’s concept” appears in the upper right corner throughout.\r\n0:00 A cartoon version of NASA’s TESS observing a star-filled sky. TESS has a six sided main body with two solar array “wings,” each extending out from the sides of the satellite. We see one end of the body. The far end has a cone opening toward the stars. The stars are dots of various sizes in white, red, and blue. One star near the center is a diamond shape with long spikes. It is bright white with orange edges.\r\n0:05 The view cuts to TESS’s cameras nestled inside the cone on the end of the body. Inside are four squares, each pointing in a slightly different direction.\r\n0:08 Switch back to the starry sky, with the orange diamond star near the center. The camera zooms in slightly.\r\n0:10 Return to the wider view showing TESS observing the star in the distance.\r\n0:11 The scene flashes twice between the close up of TESS’s cameras and the star.\r\n0:13 Back to the wider view, and after a moment, the star shrinks slightly then returns to its original size. This represents a small dip in the starlight that could signal a planet passing in front of the star.\r\n0:14 A thought bubble reading “Gotcha!!” appears from TESS.", "width": 1080, "height": 1920, "pixels": 2073600 } }, { "id": 470980, "type": "media", "extra_data": null, "title": null, "caption": "", "instance": { "id": 1155528, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a014700/a014797/TESS_Staring_Contest_Watermarked.mp4", "filename": "TESS_Staring_Contest_Watermarked.mp4", "media_type": "Movie", "alt_text": "“Artist’s concept” appears in the upper right corner throughout.\r\n0:00 A cartoon version of NASA’s TESS observing a star-filled sky. TESS has a six sided main body with two solar array “wings,” each extending out from the sides of the satellite. We see one end of the body. The far end has a cone opening toward the stars. The stars are dots of various sizes in white, red, and blue. One star near the center is a diamond shape with long spikes. It is bright white with orange edges.\r\n0:05 The view cuts to TESS’s cameras nestled inside the cone on the end of the body. Inside are four squares, each pointing in a slightly different direction.\r\n0:08 Switch back to the starry sky, with the orange diamond star near the center. The camera zooms in slightly.\r\n0:10 Return to the wider view showing TESS observing the star in the distance.\r\n0:11 The scene flashes twice between the close up of TESS’s cameras and the star.\r\n0:13 Back to the wider view, and after a moment, the star shrinks slightly then returns to its original size. This represents a small dip in the starlight that could signal a planet passing in front of the star.\r\n0:14 A thought bubble reading “Gotcha!!” appears from TESS.", "width": 1080, "height": 1920, "pixels": 2073600 } }, { "id": 470981, "type": "media", "extra_data": null, "title": null, "caption": "", "instance": { "id": 1155529, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a014700/a014797/TESSStaringContestCaptions.en_US.srt", "filename": "TESSStaringContestCaptions.en_US.srt", "media_type": "Captions", "alt_text": "", "label": "English", "language_code": "en-US" } } ], "extra_data": {} } ], "studio": "gms", "funding_sources": [ "NASA Astrophysics" ], "credits": [ { "role": "Social Media Producer", "people": [ { "name": "Kelly Ramos", "employer": "Business Integra" }, { "name": "Sara Mitchell", "employer": "University of Maryland College Park" }, { "name": "Barb Mattson", "employer": "University of Maryland College Park" } ] }, { "role": "Producer", "people": [ { "name": "Scott Wiessinger", "employer": "eMITS" } ] }, { "role": "Science writer", "people": [ { "name": "Francis Reddy", "employer": "University of Maryland College Park" } ] } ], "missions": [ "TESS" ], "series": [], "tapes": [], "papers": [], "datasets": [], "nasa_science_categories": [ "Universe" ], "keywords": [ "Ast", "Astrophysics", "Exoplanet", "Exoplanet Atmospheres", "TESS", "Vertical Video" ], "recommended_pages": [], "related": [], "sources": [ { "id": 14581, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14581/", "page_type": "Produced Video", "title": "Gliese 12 b: An Intriguing World Sized Between Earth and Venus", "description": "Gliese 12 b’s estimated size may be as large as Earth or slightly smaller — comparable to Venus in our solar system. This artist’s concept compares Earth with different possible Gliese 12 b interpretations, from no atmosphere to a thick Venus-like one. Follow-up observations with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope will help determine just how much atmosphere the planet retains as well as its composition.Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (Caltech-IPAC)Alt text: Illustration of Earth compared to various models of Gliese 12 b Image description: At left, against a black background, floats an artist's concept of a nearly half-illuminated Earth, with clouds, blue oceans, and land areas rendered in green, tan, brown, and white. At right are three similarly illuminated planets, slightly smaller than Earth and each representing a possible interpretation of Gliese 12 b. The version on the left has a surface of blotchy reddish and brownish features and no atmosphere. The middle version has the same surface texture partly obscured by a hazy atmosphere. And the rightmost and smallest version of the planet has a thick, Venus-like atmosphere that obscures the surface completely. || Gl12b_Earth_Comparison_ac.jpg (3840x2160) [935.8 KB] || Gl12b_Earth_Comparison_ac_print.jpg (1024x576) [126.0 KB] || Gl12b_Earth_Comparison.jpg (3840x2160) [929.5 KB] || Gl12b_Earth_Comparison_ac_searchweb.png (320x180) [54.4 KB] || Gl12b_Earth_Comparison_ac_web.png (320x180) [54.4 KB] || Gl12b_Earth_Comparison_ac_thm.png (80x40) [9.8 KB] || Gl12b_Earth_Comparison.tif (3840x2160) [6.4 MB] || ", "release_date": "2024-05-23T10:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2024-05-22T23:09:06.992519-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 1092049, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a014500/a014581/Gl12b_Illustration_cloudy_print.jpg", "filename": "Gl12b_Illustration_cloudy_print.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "Gliese 12 b, which orbits a cool, red dwarf star located just 40 light-years away, promises to tell astronomers more about how planets close to their stars retain or lose their atmospheres. In this artist’s concept, Gliese 12 b is shown with a thick atmosphere similar to that of Venus in our solar system.Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (Caltech-IPAC)Alt text: Space scene of a Venus-like version of Gliese 12 bImage description: Against a starry background, a bright, reddish star shines at lower left. At right, the body of a planet dominates the view, its hazy limb arcing from top center to bottom right. A thick, yellow-brown atmosphere obscures any view of its surface. ", "width": 1024, "height": 576, "pixels": 589824 } } ], "products": [], "newer_versions": [], "older_versions": [], "alternate_versions": [] }