55 Cnc: A Family of Worlds Around One Star

June 19, 2026

55 Cnc: A Family of Worlds Around One Star

Just 41 light-years away, a star called 55 Cancri has seven planets orbiting around it — including a gas giant more than 1,200 times the mass of Earth! Find out how scientists discovered this amazing planetary family and what makes it so special.

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Meet the 55 Cnc B System: 7 Worlds Around One Star

Star Systems

June 16, 2026

Meet the 55 Cnc B System: 7 Worlds Around One Star

Just 40 light-years away, a cool red dwarf star called 55 Cnc B holds at least seven planets in its grip. One of those worlds, discovered in 2025, is a super-Earth that completes a full year in under a week. Here is what scientists have found so far.

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Meet DMPP-6 b: A Newly Found Mini-Neptune
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.
How Far Away Is GJ 15 A b?
GJ 15 A b is one of the closest exoplanets to Earth, sitting just 11.6 light-years away — but even at that short distance, it would take tens of thousands of years to reach it. Find out what this super-Earth is like and how scientists discovered it.
TOI-5159 b: Getting to Know a Super-Earth
TOI-5159 b is a super-Earth located 180 light-years away, and it is bigger than our planet but smaller than Neptune. Scientists are working to figure out what this mysterious in-between world is made of — and the clues are pretty surprising!
Meet the TOI-1136 System: 6 Worlds Around One Star
About 276 light-years away, a star called TOI-1136 has six planets circling around it. One of them, TOI-1136 f, is almost four times wider than Earth — and scientists are using this crowded system to learn how planet families are built.
How Did We Find DMPP-6 c?
Scientists can't photograph DMPP-6 c, but they still proved it exists — 178 light-years away! Find out how a tiny starlight wobble and a cool trick called the Doppler effect helped astronomers uncover this mysterious world bigger than Earth but smaller than Neptune.