June 12, 2026
About 42 light-years away, a planet called HD 40307 g sits in the zone around its star where liquid water could exist. Scientists can't visit it yet, but the clues they've found make it one of the most interesting worlds to watch when searching for life.
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June 12, 2026
Scientists confirmed a new rocky planet called GJ 887 e in 2026, and it is one of the closest exoplanets to Earth ever found. It is a little bigger than our planet, blazing hot, and orbits its star in just over four days — making it a wild world worth learning about.
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June 11, 2026
Proxima Cen d is a tiny planet orbiting the closest star to our Sun, just 4.24 light-years away. Scientists found it by watching the star wobble — but what this strange little world is actually like remains a mystery.
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June 11, 2026
Only 10.7 light-years away, a small red star called GJ 887 has a planet our solar system doesn't — a mini-Neptune! Find out how scientists discovered GJ 887 d, what it might look like inside, and why this chilly world helps us understand planets across the universe.
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June 10, 2026
About 40 light-years away, a tiny, dim star called TRAPPIST-1 has seven planets circling around it. One of them, TRAPPIST-1 f, is almost exactly the same size as Earth — so scientists are watching this whole system very closely.
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June 10, 2026
TOI-1338 b is a planet that orbits two stars at once, kind of like Tatooine from Star Wars! But could this giant, faraway world support life? Scientists look at its temperature, size, and location to find out.
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June 10, 2026
Proxima Cen b is a planet almost exactly Earth's size, orbiting the star closest to our Sun — just 4.24 light-years away. But could it support life? Scientists are still working to uncover the secrets of this nearby, mysterious world.
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June 10, 2026
A planet bigger than Earth has been found orbiting a small, dim red star called GJ 3378. Scientists used a clever light-dimming trick to spot it, and while there is still a lot to learn, every new world discovered helps us understand just how many planets fill our galaxy.
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June 8, 2026
Scientists score how Earth-like a planet is — but the highest scorers might still be furnaces. Here's what 'most Earth-like' really means.
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June 8, 2026
The habitable zone is only the first step. What scientists really mean by 'habitable' — and why a planet in the zone, like Venus, can still be hostile.
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