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NASA’s TESS Found A Boiling Exoplanet With An 8 Hour Year

TESS has discovered thousands of potential exoplanet candidates, and a number of those have been confirmed to be planets orbiting distant stars. In its latest discovery, TESS has found an exoplanet the size of Mars but similar to the composition of Mercury.

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NASA’s TESS Found A Boiling Exoplanet With An 8 Hour Year
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    NASA's TESS found a boiling exoplanet with an 8 hour year

    NASA's TESS found a boiling exoplanet with an 8 hour year

    NASA's TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) performs the job of discovering distant planets orbiting other stars extremely well. It has …

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