The CHEOPS spacecraft is taking the first tentative steps in its mission. Back on January 29th, the spacecraft opened the cover on its lens. Now, we have the first images from CHEOPS. CHEOPS stands for CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite. It’s a European Space Agency (ESA) mission to study some of the brightest and closest stars that are already …

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