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NASA's TESS telescope finds a small, iron-rich planet which could help explain the origins of Mercury, the innermost planet in our solar system

NASA's TESS telescope finds a small, iron-rich planet which could help explain the origins of Mercury, the innermost planet in our solar system

Astronomers find a new planet that’s mostly made of iron

Astronomers found a new planet...and it's made of iron like our Mercury! (Photo : @nasa / Unsplash) Astronomers spotted an iron-rich planet nearby our solar system and could also help scientists unveil how Mercury formed.

An iron-rich planet spotted in a nearby solar system could help scientists understand the mystery of how the planet Mercury formed in our own neighborhood.

An absolute oddball of a newly discovered exoplanet has been found orbiting a star just 31 light-years away.

NASAs TESS telescope finds a small, iron-rich planet which could help explain the origins of Mercury, the innermost planet in our solar system

NASA's TESS telescope finds a small, iron-rich planet which could help explain the origins of Mercury, the innermost planet in our solar system

Scientists have spotted one of the smallest planets ever discovered outside our solar system, a scorching-hot world a bit larger than Mars and just about as dense as pure iron zooming around its home star every eight hours.

NASA's TESS telescope finds a small, iron-rich planet which could help explain the origins of Mercury, the innermost planet in our solar system