Newly discovered exoplanet entirely covered by ocean

Ocean covered planets is one of the interesting topics for Astronomers.

This newly discovered planet is TOI-1452 b, which is in "Goldilocks zone"  and 100 light years from Earth.

This planet is greater in size and mass than Earth. Density is lower than Earth, it would retain it's liquid water.

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It was first found by NASA's space telescope, The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite(TESS).

It is a one of the prime target for the James Webb Space Telescope to deep study this planet.

Astronomers found that it's water percentage is similar to some of the moons found in our solar system....

Such as Callisto and Ganymede of Jupiter and Titan and Enceladus of Saturn.

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