ESA / ATG medialabA new space telescope launches on Tuesday morning. It will take an unprecedented look at planets outside our solar system, known as exoplanets. The CHaracterizing ExOPlanets Satellite (CHEOPS) will study exoplanets' sizes and masses to determine whether they are made of gas, like Neptune, or rock, like Earth.CHEOPS will also search for atmospheres, which could be a sign that a planet might host alien life.You can watch the launch live via the embed below.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.A new space telescope is about to take an unprecedented look at some of the 4,000 mysterious planets scientists have discovered outside our solar system.The CHaracterizing ExOPlanets Satellite (CHEOPS) is scheduled to launch Tuesday morning from Kourou, French Guiana at 5:54 a.m. local time. You can watch the launch live via the embed at the bottom of this post. The telescope will ride on a Soyuz-Fregat rocket that will also carry an Italian defense satellite and five nano-satellites called CubeSats. See the rest of the story at Business InsiderNOW WATCH: This telescope can see a car on the Moon - here's what it could find in spaceSee Also:The Geminids meteor shower peaks this weekend, with hundreds of multicolored shooting stars. Here's how to spot them.The Geminids meteor shower peaks this weekend. NASA's solar probe just spotted the giant trail of asteroid dust for the first time ever.NASA has pinpointed an area where astronauts could land on Mars. Ice is so accessible there that they could dig it up with a shovel.SEE ALSO: A handful of new telescopes are about to transform the hunt for alien life and our understanding of the universe itself
