Seven months after finding its first exoplanet, TESS has found its first Earth-sized planet. It orbits its star approximately once every eight days, likely making it too hot to support life. The star, HD 21749, has approximately "80 percent of the mass of our Sun and is found about 53 light-years distant from Earth," researchers added in the statement. They have the right size and the right orbit of their star to support surface water and, at least theoretically, to support life. NASA and others stress that TESS will not look for atmospheric or other signs of life; it can't do that.

Source: Fox News April 17, 2019 16:07 UTC