Planetary system's second Earth-size world discovered
[unable to retrieve full-text content]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 — the range of distances where liquid water could occur on a planet’s surface. The world is 95% Earth’s size and likely rocky.
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