Primitive Research's AI pipeline finds 49 exoplanet candidates from 19 million TESS stars

altryne · x · 2026-10-24

Primitive Research announced that its automated pipeline has identified 49 exoplanet candidates (and counting) from TESS light curves covering over 19 million stars.

The team automated much of the painstaking astronomical vetting work: searching TESS data, cross-checking other sources, and screening signals against published vetting thresholds to build detailed candidate dossiers. To avoid overwhelming the TESS TOI Vetting Team, they submitted one candidate via email and are holding the rest for telescope follow-up.

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