June 25, 2026
Barnard e is a small planet orbiting one of the closest stars to Earth, just 5.96 light-years away. Even at that short cosmic distance, a trip there would take thousands of years. Find out what makes this nearby world so fascinating!
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June 24, 2026
Meet GJ 1137 c, a planet twice the size of Earth that races around an orange star in less than ten days! It belongs to a type of world called a mini-Neptune — and there is nothing like it in our own solar system.
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June 23, 2026
Just 21 light-years away, a star called HD 219134 has at least six planets circling it — making it one of the closest multi-planet systems to Earth. Scientists are learning what these worlds might be made of, and the answers are surprising!
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June 22, 2026
Scientists have never taken a photo of HD 114386 c, but they still know it exists! Find out how astronomers use clever tricks — like measuring tiny star wobbles — to discover planets that are completely invisible to us.
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June 21, 2026
HD 152843 c is a planet almost six times bigger than Earth, sitting near the edge of a zone where liquid water might be possible. Scientists found it in 2021, and there is still so much to learn about this mysterious, faraway world.
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June 21, 2026
TOI-4552 b is a rocky world just a little bigger than Earth, but it is nothing like home. It is scorching hot, orbits its star in less than eight hours, and is way too extreme for life — yet scientists say it has a lot to teach us.
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June 21, 2026
Barnard b is one of the closest exoplanets ever found, orbiting a star just 5.96 light-years away. But even at that short cosmic distance, it would take a spacecraft about 100,000 years to get there. Find out what we know about this fascinating nearby world!
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June 21, 2026
Meet HD 176986 d, a mini-Neptune planet almost two and a half times wider than Earth, orbiting an orange star 90.6 light-years away. Scientists are piecing together what this mysterious world is made of — and the answer could help explain planets all across our galaxy.
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June 19, 2026
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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June 19, 2026
TOI-1080 b is a rocky world more than ten times heavier than Earth, yet its entire year lasts less than four days! Find out how scientists spotted this faraway planet using two clever tricks — a tiny dip in starlight and a subtle stellar wobble.
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