HD 23472: A Family of Worlds Around One Star

HD 23472: A Family of Worlds Around One Star

October 21, 2026

HD 23472: A Family of Worlds Around One Star

About 127 light-years away, a cool orange star called HD 23472 has at least five planets circling close around it. One of them is a super-hot, super-dense world that helps scientists figure out how rocky planets form across the galaxy.

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Kepler-444: A Family of Worlds Around One Star

October 15, 2026

Kepler-444: A Family of Worlds Around One Star

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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Meet the HD 20782 System: 5 Worlds Around One Star

October 9, 2026

Meet the HD 20782 System: 5 Worlds Around One Star

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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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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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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Meet the HD 134606 System: 5 Worlds Around One Star

September 21, 2026

Meet the HD 134606 System: 5 Worlds Around One Star

About 87 light-years away, a star called HD 134606 has five planets orbiting around it — and one of them zooms through a full year in just over four days! Find out what scientists discovered about this cool solar system in 2024.

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HD 40307: A Family of Worlds Around One Star

September 15, 2026

HD 40307: A Family of Worlds Around One Star

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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Inside L 98-59: A Family of 5 Planets

September 9, 2026

Inside L 98-59: A Family of 5 Planets

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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Meet the GJ 667 C System: 5 Worlds Around One Star

September 3, 2026

Meet the GJ 667 C System: 5 Worlds Around One Star

Just 23.6 light-years away, a small red star called GJ 667 C has five worlds orbiting around it — and one of them, GJ 667 C g, is almost twice as wide as Earth. Could any of these planets have liquid water or even life?

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Meet the Kepler-11 System: 6 Worlds Around One Star

August 28, 2026

Meet the Kepler-11 System: 6 Worlds Around One Star

About 2,108 light-years away, a star called Kepler-11 has six whole planets orbiting around it — and scientists found all of them at the same time! This crowded solar system is packed into a space smaller than Earth's orbit around our Sun.

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