NASA's TESS Finds Intriguing World Sized Between Earth, Venus

Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 26, 2024
Using observations by NASA's TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) and many other facilities, two international teams of astronomers have discovered a planet between the sizes of Earth and Venus only 40 light-years away. Multiple factors make it a candidate well-suited for further study using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. TESS stares at a large swath of the sky for about a month at