NASA discovers new potentially habitable earth-size exoplanet

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has discovered a new potentially habitable earth-size exoplanet known to date.

Reports say Astronomers are interested in the discovery made by NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) because NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope may be used to further investigate the newly found exoplanet.

Masayuki Kuzuhara, a project assistant professor at the Tokyo Astrobiology Center, who co-led one of the study teams with University of Tokyo professor Akihiko Fukui, announced the discovery on Saturday.