NASA's TESS mission reveals new Earth-sized planet in habitable zone

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Category : Science and Tech Published on: January 13 2023

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Using data from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, scientists have identified an Earth-size world, called TOI 700 e, orbiting within the habitable zone of its star.
It is located about 100 light-years away from Earth
The world is 95% Earth’s size and likely rocky.
Astronomers previously discovered three planets in this system, called TOI 700 b, c, and d. Planet d also orbits in the habitable zone. But scientists needed an additional year of TESS observations to discover TOI 700 e.