TESS mission scores a 'hat trick' with three new worlds
NASA's newest planet hunter, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), has discovered three new worlds - one slightly larger than Earth and two of a type not found in our solar system - orbiting a nearby star. The planets straddle an observed gap in the sizes of known planets and promise to be among the most curious targets for future studies. TESS Object of Interest (TOI) 270 is a