This is expected to change considerably with the ESA's next-generation PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars (PLATO) space telescope. This mission will rely on a multi-telescope approach ...

In 2026, the European Space Agency will launch the Plato telescope, specially designed to search for terrestrial planets in hundreds of stars like the Sun, which will add a new data bank to apply ...

Europe’s next major space mission, the PLATO (PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars) telescope, is scheduled to launch at the end of 2026. PLATO aims to find Earth-like rocky planets ...