Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has detected two new super-Earth exoplanets orbiting nearby M-dwarf stars. The newfound exoplanets, designated TOI-6002 b and TOI-5713 b, are two times larger than our planet.
Astronomers discover two new super-Earths orbiting nearby stars retrieved 8 August 2024 from https://phys.org/news/2024-08-astronomers-super-earths-orbiting-nearby.html
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