Say Hello to TOI-883 b, a Neptune-Like World

Say Hello to TOI-883 b, a Neptune-Like World

October 6, 2026

Say Hello to TOI-883 b, a Neptune-Like World

TOI-883 b is a Neptune-like planet that zooms around its star in just 10 days and gets so hot it could melt metal. Discovered in 2026, this faraway world has a lot of surprising secrets to share!

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YZ Cet c: A World 12.1 Light-Years From Earth

October 5, 2026

YZ Cet c: A World 12.1 Light-Years From Earth

YZ Cet c is one of Earth's closest exoplanet neighbors, sitting just 12.1 light-years away. It's almost the same size as Earth, but a year there lasts only three days — and the surface is hot enough to boil water!

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What Is TOI-1752 b? A Super-Earth

October 4, 2026

What Is TOI-1752 b? A Super-Earth

TOI-1752 b is a scorching hot super-Earth that completes one full orbit around its star in less than a single Earth day! Scientists are piecing together clues about what this faraway world is made of — and the answers might surprise you.

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HD 20781: A Family of Worlds Around One Star

October 3, 2026

HD 20781: A Family of Worlds Around One Star

117 light-years away, a star called HD 20781 has at least five planets orbiting around it! Scientists are learning how these worlds formed and why some planets zoom around their star in just five days. Could any of them be like Earth?

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How Did We Find TOI-4513 b?

October 2, 2026

How Did We Find TOI-4513 b?

TOI-4513 b is a scorching hot planet 335 light-years away that no one has ever seen directly — so how do scientists know it exists? Clever starlight detective work using two cool methods cracked the case, and the answers are pretty amazing.

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Is Kepler-452 b in the Goldilocks Zone?

October 1, 2026

Is Kepler-452 b in the Goldilocks Zone?

Kepler-452 b is a faraway planet that circles a star very much like our Sun, taking 385 days to complete one orbit. Scientists think it sits in the Goldilocks Zone, but there is still so much we do not know about this mysterious world.

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TOI-5624 d: A New World Around TOI-5624

September 30, 2026

TOI-5624 d: A New World Around TOI-5624

Astronomers confirmed a new planet called TOI-5624 d in 2026, and it is a wild one — a scorching hot world that zips around its star in just 13.7 days! It is one of five planets in its system, and scientists are still figuring out what it is made of.

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How Far Away Is YZ Cet b?

September 29, 2026

How Far Away Is YZ Cet b?

YZ Cet b is one of the closest exoplanets to Earth, sitting just 12.1 light-years away — but even at that short cosmic distance, it would take over 100,000 years to reach it with today's fastest spacecraft. Find out what makes this tiny, fast-moving world so fascinating.

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What Is TOI-5624 c? A Mini-Neptune

September 28, 2026

What Is TOI-5624 c? A Mini-Neptune

TOI-5624 c is a world nearly two and a half times wider than Earth, but it orbits its star in less than eight days and reaches scorching temperatures. Find out what makes this faraway mini-Neptune so interesting to scientists!

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Inside HD 158259: A Family of 5 Planets

September 27, 2026

Inside HD 158259: A Family of 5 Planets

About 88 light-years away, a star called HD 158259 has five planets packed surprisingly close together — all zooming around in just days! Scientists are still piecing together what these crowded worlds are made of and why they orbit in such a tight, orderly chain.

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