CUTE observes distant planets as they pass in front of their home stars, causing ultraviolet light from those stars to dim in the process. In some cases, the spacecraft is so precise that it can ...

NASA's CUTE Mission for Exoplanets With over 5,500 exoplanets discovered thus far, many have been found to orbit perilously close to their parent stars. These proximity planets present a unique ...

Planets evolving Not all of the planets CUTE has studied in its first two years were so exciting. In unpublished results, the team observed a second planet called MASCARA-4b that didn't seem to be ...