NASA discovers new exoplanet with a "lava hemisphere" in a distant star system
A tidally-locked planet that is a bit too close to its host star for harboring life
NASA's exoplanet-hunting TESS has found its first Earth-sized planet
But it probably can't sustain life
NASA to launch its latest satellite for discovering Earth-like planets
TESS will come online just as the aging Kepler satellite runs out of fuel