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 ...

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, 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 ...

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 ...