All-Sky Exoplanetology using NASA's Kepler, K2 and TESS Missions

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The NASA space missions Kepler, K2 and TESS have revolutionized astronomy over the past decade through the discovery of thousands of planets orbiting other stars. This project will for the first time combine the data from these missions to perform a homogeneous all-sky characterization of exoplanets and their host stars, and perform follow-up observations using ground-based telescopes to precisely determine masses and architectures of exoplanet systems. The expected outcomes include the first insights into how the radius distribution of small exoplanets varies among different populations of stars in our Galaxy, and breakthrough discoveries into the formation, composition, and evolution of giant exoplanets.