US teen discovers new planet while a NASA intern

The newly discovered planet, TOI 1338 b, is around 6.9 times larger than Earth, which puts it between the sizes of Neptune and Saturn.

New York: The New York teen who discovered a new planet while an intern at NASA appeared on ABC's 'Strahan Sara & Keke' morning show to talk about the experience.

Wolf Cukier thanked NASA for the "opportunity" while giving credit to his work group.

NASA says the discovery was featured in a panel discussion on January 6 at the 235th American Astronomical Society meeting in Honolulu.

The planet, TOI 1338 b, is around 6.9 times larger than Earth, which puts it between the sizes of Neptune and Saturn.

It lies in a system 1,300 light-years away in the constellation Pictor.

Culkier and the NASA research team used data from the space agencies telescope called Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) to located the new planet.