The Search

Cadet

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Tap a glowing star to scan it

Signal Lab

✷ Constellation mode — every star you’ve charted, from every sector. Tap two to connect them.

Scanning…real NASA telescope data

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● Real TESS data

time →← brightness

Real planet, or a false alarm?

Tap a button — or swipe → planet · ← not

System charted

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Distance

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Worlds

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Your accuracy

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My Atlas

Deep Scan ·

phase →← brightness

What does “folded” mean, and why does it help? tap to see →

Unfolded — every lap of the orbit laid end to end

Each small dip is one pass of the planet — faint, spread out, easy to lose in the noise.

stack every lap on top of each other ↓

Folded — all laps stacked on the orbit

The dips line up into one deep, clear signal — that’s how a real planet stands out from noise.

Transit depth

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Estimated size

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What the pros check for

drag to pan · pinch / scroll to zoom · tap the curve to measure

Your Galaxy

drag to pan · pinch / scroll to zoom

your home · your sectors · worked together · another explorer’s turf · + open to claim. Tap any sector to vet real data there — work a sector another explorer has touched and it becomes a together sector. New explorers start in Training.

The Neighborhood is charted

You explored every nearby system and lit up your whole constellation — by doing real science on real NASA data. This is Season 1 complete.

Save your progress ✦

Get a one-tap sign-in link by email — no password. Your galaxy, score, and accuracy sync to any device you play on.

Explore the search

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Your Galaxy — sector map

My Atlas — worlds you’ve found

Constellation mode

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Home Data Lab — vet light curves Signal Lab — hunt radio signals AI Lab — cross-check with AI Rankings Field Guide Scoreboard Findings & reports — submit to science

Fresh from TESS

New sector open

Sector —

A new slice of the sky just arrived from NASA’s telescope.