NASA discovered a habitable planet like Earth. Do you know?

NASA's TESS mission has discovered an exoplanet similar to Earth.

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The exoplanet discovered by NASA's TESS mission is about 100 light-years away from our planet.

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This discovered exoplanet is orbiting a dwarf star..........

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The exoplanet is the fourth such planet to have been observed orbiting a dwarf star.

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The name of this exoplanet is TOi 700e, it is a rocky planet and its size is 95% of the size of Earth.

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Another similar planet was discovered in 2020, named Toi 700d.......

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The size of Toi 700D discovered in 2020 is also similar to Earth.

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Both these exoplanets are at such a distance from their star that they are surrounded by liquid water.Liquid water suggests that

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the planets may be habitable for life.The TESS mission was launched in 2018, monitoring a large portion of the night sky for 27 days at a time.

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The TESS mission observes the brightest stars and tracks changes in the brightness of stars.

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