September 17, 2026
GJ 1061 c is a planet just 12 light-years away — practically next door in space! But even the fastest spacecraft ever built would take around 18,000 years to get there. Find out what we know about this super-Earth and its tiny, dim star.
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September 16, 2026
TOI-4898 b is a strange world 322 light-years away that doesn't look like anything in our solar system. It's bigger than Earth but smaller than Neptune, and scientists think it might have a thick atmosphere and a deep layer of icy material hidden inside.
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September 15, 2026
Just 42 light-years away, a star called HD 40307 has at least five planets packed tightly around it. One of them is thousands of times heavier than Earth and blazing hot. What else is hiding in this crowded star family?
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September 14, 2026
A planet called TOI-5788 c was discovered hundreds of light-years away using two clever tricks — catching its shadow as it crossed its star and watching the star wobble. Find out how scientists uncovered this hot, fast-moving world without ever seeing it directly.
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September 13, 2026
WASP-47 c is a giant planet 864 light-years away that sits in the zone where liquid water could exist — but is it really a place where life might be possible? The answer is more surprising and complicated than you might think.
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September 12, 2026
Three hundred and ten light-years away, a planet called TOI-5605 b races around its star in less than six Earth days and reaches scorching temperatures. Scientists confirmed this fascinating world in 2026, and it is already helping us understand the amazing variety of planets across our galaxy.
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September 11, 2026
GJ 1061 b is a rocky world almost exactly Earth's size, circling a cool red star just 12 light-years away. Scientists found it by watching the star wobble — and what they learned is pretty amazing.
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September 10, 2026
TOI-5788 b is a super-Earth more than three times heavier than our planet, orbiting so close to its star that its surface reaches scorching temperatures hot enough to melt lead. Scientists discovered it in 2026, and it's already raising big questions about what rocky worlds can look like.
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September 9, 2026
About 35 light-years away, a small cool star called L 98-59 has five planets packed tightly around it. One of them, L 98-59 d, is giving scientists real clues about what it might be made of — and there is still so much more to discover.
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September 8, 2026
TOI-697 b is a planet so far away that no telescope can photograph it — yet scientists still figured out its size, mass, and temperature just by watching starlight. Find out how two clever tricks turn tiny signals into big discoveries!
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