July 1, 2026
Epsilon Eridani b is one of the closest known exoplanets to Earth — but close in space still means 10.5 light-years away! Find out how long it would take to travel there, what kind of planet it is, and how scientists discovered it.
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June 29, 2026
One hundred and five light-years away, a star called HD 110067 has six planets orbiting around it in an almost musical pattern. Scientists are studying this amazing family of worlds to learn how planets form and why our own Solar System looks so different.
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June 28, 2026
Scientists found a scorching hot world called TOI-5734 b orbiting a star 106 light-years away — and they did it without ever taking a single photo of the planet. Find out how two clever methods helped crack the case.
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June 27, 2026
Kepler-539 c is a huge planet more than twice the size of Jupiter, orbiting a star a thousand light-years away. Could it ever support life? The answer is almost certainly no — but the reasons why tell us a lot about what makes a world truly livable.
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June 26, 2026
Meet TOI-4529 b, a super-Earth discovered just 93 light-years away! This scorching hot world completes a full year in under six days and is nearly twice the size of Earth. Find out what scientists have learned — and what mysteries still remain.
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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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