October 16, 2026
TOI-5938 b is a strange world nearly four times wider than Earth, orbiting a distant orange star in just over two days. It belongs to a type of planet our solar system has none of — and it is already helping scientists understand what most planets in the galaxy are really like.
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October 15, 2026
Meet Kepler-444, a star older than our Solar System with five tiny planets all packed closer together than Mercury is to our Sun. One of those worlds, Kepler-444 f, is small, scorching hot, and full of mysteries scientists are still working to solve.
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October 14, 2026
TOI-209 b is a scorching hot planet 370 light-years away that no telescope can photograph — yet scientists know its size, mass, and temperature. Find out how two clever tricks using starlight revealed the secrets of this distant world.
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October 13, 2026
Kepler-1540 b is a planet nearly 800 light-years away that sits in the zone where liquid water might exist on its surface. Scientists don't know yet if it has an atmosphere or even a rocky surface, but its location and temperature make it one worth watching.
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October 12, 2026
Meet DMPP-9 b, a planet about 357 light-years away that scientists confirmed in 2026! It weighs 14 times as much as Earth and zips around its star in just under two weeks. Find out how astronomers discovered it and what makes mini-Neptunes so special.
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October 11, 2026
Teegarden's Star d is a rocky, Earth-sized planet orbiting a tiny red star just 12.5 light-years away — practically next door in space terms. Discovered in 2024, this cold, mysterious world is already making scientists ask big questions about what planets near us are really like.
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October 10, 2026
TOI-4662 b is a mysterious world almost nine times heavier than Earth, racing around an orange star in just 4.7 days. Scientists discovered it in 2026, and its strange size and mass raise big questions about what might be hiding inside.
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October 9, 2026
About 117 light-years away, a star almost exactly like our Sun has at least five planets orbiting it. One of those planets is even bigger than Jupiter — and scientists are still figuring out what the rest of the family looks like.
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October 8, 2026
Scientists have never taken a picture of TOI-1752 c, but they still know its size, mass, and temperature — all from watching starlight flicker. Find out how two clever tricks let astronomers discover a world 336 light-years away without ever seeing it directly.
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October 7, 2026
Four hundred light-years away, a planet called K2-332 b orbits a cool red star every 17.7 days. Its temperature is just below freezing, but scientists think the right atmosphere could push it into a range where liquid water might actually exist.
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