NASA's TESS spots three new Earth-sized exoplanets orbiting nearby star

Three new, roughly Earth-sized exoplanets have been found orbiting a nearby star. Named L 98-59b, c and d, the small worlds were spotted by NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), as part of a larger haul of data that finally brings the total tally past the milestone of 4,000 exoplanets discovered to date.

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Category: Space

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• Astronomy
• Earth
• Exoplanet
• NASA
• Planet
• Stars
• TESS
• Venus

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