Scientists discover new Earth-sized planet

Scientists have discovered a new Earth-sized planet using data from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), NASA said. Footage shared by NASA, JPL-Caltech, Robert Hurt, and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center shows a visualization of the newly discovered world, named TOI 700 e. NASA said the planet was around 95 percent the size of Earth and likely rocky. TOI 700 e is orbiting within the habitable zone of its star, meaning there could be liquid water its surface.

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