TESS’s 5th Anniversary Skyview

This mosaic combines more than 900 images from all 24-by-90-degree sectors surveyed by NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) through October 2022. The mosaic covers 93% of the sky and builds up in chronological order, illustrating the mission's progress over the past five years. TESS has discovered 329 new worlds and thousands more candidates, and provided new insights into a variety of cosmic phenomena. A prominent feature in the mosaic is the Milky Way, a glowing U-shaped band that represents the bright central plane of our galaxy.