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First Habitable-Zone, Earth-Sized Exoplanet Discovered With Planet-Hunter TESS

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First Habitable-Zone, Earth-Sized Exoplanet Discovered With Planet-Hunter TESS

TESS, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, was launched in 2018 with the goal of discovering small planets around the Sun’s nearest neighbors, stars bright enough to allow for follow-up characterizations of their planets’ masses and atmospheres.......

In a series of three papers that appeared together this month, astronomers report that one of these planets, TOI-700d, is Earth-sized and also located in its star’s habitable zone; they also discuss its possible climate.

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