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 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 15, 2026
Just 42 light-years away, a star called HD 40307 has at least five planets packed tightly around it. One of them is thousands of times heavier than Earth and blazing hot. What else is hiding in this crowded star family?
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September 13, 2026
WASP-47 c is a giant planet 864 light-years away that sits in the zone where liquid water could exist — but is it really a place where life might be possible? The answer is more surprising and complicated than you might think.
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September 10, 2026
TOI-5788 b is a super-Earth more than three times heavier than our planet, orbiting so close to its star that its surface reaches scorching temperatures hot enough to melt lead. Scientists discovered it in 2026, and it's already raising big questions about what rocky worlds can look like.
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September 7, 2026
Kepler-1636 b is a faraway planet sitting in the Goldilocks Zone — the region around a star where liquid water might exist. Scientists think it could be a mysterious world bigger than Earth, but there's still so much we don't know about it.
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September 5, 2026
GJ 1061 d is one of Earth's closest exoplanet neighbors, sitting just 12 light-years away — but that still means about 114 trillion kilometers of empty space. Find out what scientists know about this super-Earth and why it might be one of the most interesting nearby worlds to study.
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September 3, 2026
Just 23.6 light-years away, a small red star called GJ 667 C has five worlds orbiting around it — and one of them, GJ 667 C g, is almost twice as wide as Earth. Could any of these planets have liquid water or even life?
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September 1, 2026
Kepler-1362 b is a distant world nearly 2,400 light-years away, sitting in the zone where liquid water might be possible. Scientists don't know yet if it has air, water, or a solid surface — but it has already passed the first big test.
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August 26, 2026
TOI-1736 c is a giant planet about 290 light-years away that orbits a Sun-like star. Scientists are asking whether it could support life, and the answer involves frozen temperatures, mysterious atmospheres, and a planet so huge it probably has no solid ground at all.
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