"Groundbreaking Discovery: Super-Earth Spotted Orbiting M-Dwarf Star"

Astronomers using NASA's TESS have discovered a new "super-Earth" exoplanet called TOI-1680 b, which is about 50% larger than Earth and orbits an M-dwarf star located 120 light years away. The planet has a radius of 1.46 Earth radii and a predicted mass of about 3.18 Earth masses. It orbits its host star every 4.8 days at a distance of approximately 0.03 AU. The discovery suggests that TOI-1680 b could be a suitable target for atmospheric characterization studies with the James Webb Space Telescope.