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Name the NASA's satellite that has discovered two new Earth-like planets named super-Earth and hot Earth. |
| Answer» NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)'s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered two new earth-like exoplanets namely: "super-Earth" and "hot Earth". TESS was launched in April 2018 to detect exoplanets (planets outside the sun's solar system). It is a one year mission worth $337 million. This is TESS's first discovery. Super-Earth: It is named as Pi Mensae c. It is 60 light-years away. It orbits its sun every 6.3 days. Hot-Earth: It is named as LHS 3844 b. It is 49 light-years away. It orbits its sun every 11 hours. Both the planets are too hot to support life. | |