Using data from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) satellite, scientists discovered a new planet orbiting within the habitable zone of its star, TOI 700 e. The habitable zone is where liquid water on the planet's surface...
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Second habitable planet found in same system
Astronomers have previously discovered three exoplanets in this system, designated TOI 700 b, c, and d. “TOI 700 d” is also spinning in the habitable zone of the system it is in. “This is one of the few systems we know of with multiple, small, habitable zone planets,” NASA researcher Emily Gilbert said in a statement. used the phrase.
Meanwhile, the solar system TOI 700 in the Dolphin (Dorado) Constellation is approximately 100 light-years from Earth. To visualize this distance, you need to look at Voyager 1, launched in 1977, which went the farthest from Earth and continues to do so. After 45 years, the space probe is only 22 hours away at the speed of light.
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