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How TESS’s Newest Discovery Could Change Our Search for Alien Worlds


Astronomers using NASA's TESS and other facilities have discovered a planet between the sizes of Earth and Venus, only 40 light-years away, named Gliese 12 b. Ideal for further study due to its proximity and characteristics, this "exo-Venus" orbits a red dwarf star and may help reveal insights into

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