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 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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June 19, 2026
Kepler-1704 b is a giant planet almost twelve times wider than Earth, orbiting a star that looks a lot like our Sun. Could it be in the Goldilocks Zone? The answer is more complicated than you might think!
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June 15, 2026
TOI-2257 b is a planet 188 light-years away that sits in the zone where liquid water might be possible. Scientists don't know yet if it could support life, but the clues so far make it one of the most interesting worlds worth watching.
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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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