Meet DMPP-8 b: A Giant Planet Around a White Star

August 11, 2026

Meet DMPP-8 b: A Giant Planet Around a White Star

DMPP-8 b is a giant planet discovered in 2026, orbiting a star 248 light-years away. It completes one trip around its star in just 63 days, and scientists think it may be a warm, gas-filled world similar to Jupiter or Saturn — but with plenty of mysteries still to solve.

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What Is a Planet System? A Family of Worlds

Star Systems

June 10, 2026

What Is a Planet System? A Family of Worlds

Did you know that almost every star in the sky probably has its own family of planets? Find out how planet systems are born, why planets end up where they do, and how scientists discover worlds around distant stars.

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GJ 1061 b: A World 12 Light-Years From Earth
GJ 1061 b is a rocky world almost exactly Earth's size, circling a cool red star just 12 light-years away. Scientists found it by watching the star wobble — and what they learned is pretty amazing.
What Is TOI-5788 b? A Super-Earth
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.
Inside L 98-59: A Family of 5 Planets
About 35 light-years away, a small cool star called L 98-59 has five planets packed tightly around it. One of them, L 98-59 d, is giving scientists real clues about what it might be made of — and there is still so much more to discover.
TOI-697 b: A Planet We Cannot See Directly
TOI-697 b is a planet so far away that no telescope can photograph it — yet scientists still figured out its size, mass, and temperature just by watching starlight. Find out how two clever tricks turn tiny signals into big discoveries!
Is Kepler-1636 b in the Goldilocks Zone?
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.