A small planet candidate has been identified in the binary star system known as Gliese 774. The object, which is smaller than the Earth, orbits its host star approximately every 4.2 days. Observations from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) captured the planet as it passed in front of its star, briefly blocking a tiny fraction of the starlight. This periodic dimming event allowed for the identification of the candidate despite the complex environment of a binary system, where two s...
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