It is about explaining what makes the headline clickbaity. TESS is designed to find planets, so someone poring over the data is expected to find one eventually.

It is about explaining what makes the headline clickbaity. TESS is designed to find planets, so someone poring over the data is expected to find one eventually. I.e. it's far less unexpected than the headline suggests. And thus far less newsworthy apart from the people interest aspect.