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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Technology
Saqib Shah

Nasa mission discovers second Earth-size planet that could be habitable

Nasa’s planet-seeking satellite has spotted a second Earth-size exoplanet that may have once harboured life.

The planet, named TOI 700 e, is located around 100 light years away from our world in the habitable zone of the red dwarf star that it orbits. Its proximity to the star would allow liquid water to exist on its surface, indicating that it could be (or may have once been) suitable for life.

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