September 6, 2026
Astronomers have confirmed a new planet called TOI-5532 b, located 297 light-years away. It's bigger than Earth but smaller than Neptune, orbits its star in just 5.65 days, and is hot enough to melt lead. What else makes this distant world so interesting?
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August 31, 2026
Meet TOI-1756 b, a super-Earth discovered in 2026 that is nearly twice as wide as our planet and hot enough to melt lead! Scientists are still puzzling over what it is made of, and the answers could teach us a lot about how planets form.
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August 25, 2026
Meet HIP 54515 b, a giant planet so massive it sits right at the edge of being a failed star! It takes about 90 Earth years just to complete one orbit, and scientists actually captured light from it directly — one of the rarest ways to find a planet.
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August 19, 2026
Meet TOI-4363 b, a real planet discovered in 2026 that is nearly four times heavier than Earth and so close to its star that one year lasts only about two days. Scientists have already uncovered some amazing facts about this scorching super-Earth — and there is still so much more to learn.
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August 13, 2026
A planet called TOI-2133 b orbits its star in less than four days and is hot enough to melt most metals. Scientists confirmed this strange world in 2026, and it is already teaching us more about the many kinds of planets that exist across the galaxy.
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August 7, 2026
TOI-7384 b is a newly confirmed planet 218 light-years away that completes a full year in just over six Earth days. It belongs to a strange class of worlds called mini-Neptunes — and scientists are just starting to uncover its secrets.
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August 1, 2026
DMPP-6 b is a newly confirmed planet 178 light-years away, and it completes an entire year in just 7.6 days! It belongs to a type of planet called a mini-Neptune — one of the most common kinds in the galaxy, but totally absent from our own solar system.
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July 26, 2026
TOI-1718 b is a scorching hot planet nearly four times wider than Earth, racing around its star in less than six days. It belongs to a type of world that doesn't exist in our solar system — and scientists are just beginning to uncover its secrets.
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July 20, 2026
TOI-1243 b is a real planet 141 light-years away, and it's unlike anything in our solar system! It's bigger than Earth but smaller than Neptune, races around its star in less than five days, and scientists are just starting to unlock its secrets.
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July 14, 2026
Meet TOI-2431 b, a rocky super-Earth located 118 light-years away where a single year lasts just five hours! This scorching world is so close to its star that some rocks might turn to vapor — and scientists are still working to unlock its secrets.
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