TESS spots closest super-Earth that could be habitable

NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission has been very busy lately. Back in April, the satellite discovered its first Earth-sized planet, in early July it found three more in one system, and just this week another system of two sub-Neptunes and an Earth-like turned up. Now, the productive little satellite has made another important discovery – the closest super-Earth that's potentially habitable.

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Category: Space

Tags:

• Astronomy
• Cornell University
• Earth
• Exoplanet
• Habitable zone
• NASA
• Planet
• Super-Earth
• TESS

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