Meet TOI-169 b, a curious little world discovered in 2020 by the space-based Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS for short. This exoplanet orbits the star TOI-169 and was spotted as it sneakily crossed in front of its star, dimming the light just enough for TESS’s CCD array to catch the transit. Though it doesn’t boast a fancy proper name yet, TOI-169 b is a proudly space-born discovery from the frontier of exoplanet exploration. It’s like a distant cosmic neighbor inviting us to dream about what alien skies might look like. While details about its size or distance from Earth play hide-and-seek, the discovery itself lights up our universe with the thrill of finding new worlds beyond our own.
