August 8, 2026
About 40 light-years away, a tiny planet called TRAPPIST-1 e sits in just the right spot around its star where liquid water might be able to exist. Scientists don't know yet if it has water or air, but they're watching it very closely to find out.
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August 2, 2026
Kepler-1593 b is a faraway planet that sits in the zone around its star where liquid water might be possible. Scientists don't know yet if it has water or life, but its location makes it one of the more interesting worlds worth watching.
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July 30, 2026
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!
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July 27, 2026
Kepler-991 b is a planet more than 1,200 light-years away that scientists discovered in 2016. It's bigger than Earth, orbits a calm orange star, and has a temperature that might not rule out life — but there's still a lot we don't know.
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July 21, 2026
Scientists found a planet called Wolf 1069 b that is almost the same size as Earth and sits in the zone where liquid water could exist. Could it be friendly to life? There is a lot we still don't know, but this nearby world is definitely worth watching.
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July 19, 2026
Ross 128 b is one of the closest exoplanets to Earth — just 11 light-years away! But even that "short" distance is almost impossible to imagine. Find out what 11 light-years really means and what scientists have learned about this fascinating nearby world.
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July 15, 2026
HD 109286 b is a huge planet 181 light-years away, and it sits in the zone where liquid water might be possible. Scientists found it in 2021, and while it's probably a gas giant, its moons — if it has any — could be worth watching.
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July 12, 2026
TOI-237 c is a rocky planet almost twice as heavy as Earth, but it zips around its small, dim star in less than two days! Find out how scientists figured out what this distant, scorching world is made of without ever visiting it.
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July 9, 2026
Kepler-553 c is a giant planet orbiting a star more than 2,000 light-years away — and scientists think liquid water might not be completely impossible there. Find out what makes this faraway world so interesting and so mysterious.
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July 7, 2026
GJ 887 c is one of the closest exoplanets to Earth, sitting just 10.7 light-years away and orbiting a calm, dim red dwarf star. Scientists are still figuring out what this warm, super-Earth-sized world is really like — and whether it could ever support life.
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