September 26, 2026
A planet called TOI-5624 e was discovered 332 light-years away using a clever trick — scientists watched for tiny dips in starlight to find a world they could never see directly. Find out how this hot, mysterious planet was spotted and what scientists have learned so far.
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September 25, 2026
Kepler-705 b is a planet 903 light-years away, and its estimated temperature puts it right at the edge of the zone where liquid water could exist. But does that make it a good place for life? The answer might surprise you.
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September 24, 2026
TOI-5624 b is a planet 332 light-years away that completes a full orbit in just 3.39 days and reaches temperatures hotter than Venus! It belongs to a type of planet called a mini-Neptune — and our solar system doesn't have a single one.
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September 23, 2026
YZ Cet d is a planet almost exactly the same size as Earth, but it's 12.1 light-years away — and getting there would take over 200,000 years even in our fastest spacecraft. Find out what we know about this strange, nearby world.
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September 22, 2026
TOI-5624 f is a mini-Neptune almost four times wider than Earth, orbiting a star a lot like our Sun — 332 light-years away. Scientists found it in a surprising way, by watching how its gravity pushed and pulled on neighboring planets!
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September 21, 2026
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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September 20, 2026
Astronomers found a giant planet 331 light-years away — without ever taking its picture! They used the wobble method, which detects tiny movements in a star caused by a planet's gravity. Find out how this clever trick revealed a world called DMPP-7 b.
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September 19, 2026
More than 5,000 light-years away, a planet called KIC 9663113 b orbits a star a lot like our Sun. Scientists think it might be in just the right spot for liquid water — but there are still many big questions to answer.
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September 18, 2026
A newly confirmed planet called TOI-808 b orbits its star in less than 10 days and reaches temperatures hot enough to melt metal. Scientists are still puzzling out how this scorching world ended up so close to its star — and what it can teach us about planets beyond our solar system.
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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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