TOI-1718 b: A New World Around TOI-1718

July 26, 2026

TOI-1718 b: A New World Around TOI-1718

TOI-1718 b is a scorching hot planet nearly four times wider than Earth, racing around its star in less than six days. It belongs to a type of world that doesn't exist in our solar system — and scientists are just beginning to uncover its secrets.

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Meet TOI-4529 b: A Newly Found Super-Earth

Discoveries

June 26, 2026

Meet TOI-4529 b: A Newly Found Super-Earth

Meet TOI-4529 b, a super-Earth discovered just 93 light-years away! This scorching hot world completes a full year in under six days and is nearly twice the size of Earth. Find out what scientists have learned — and what mysteries still remain.

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TOI-5789 b: A Planet We Cannot See Directly

Finding Planets

June 15, 2026

TOI-5789 b: A Planet We Cannot See Directly

Scientists have never taken a photo of TOI-5789 b, yet they know it exists, how big it is, and how scorching hot it gets. Find out how astronomers use tiny wobbles and faint dips in starlight to uncover worlds 66.7 light-years away.

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Meet DMPP-6 b: A Newly Found Mini-Neptune
DMPP-6 b is a newly confirmed planet 178 light-years away, and it completes an entire year in just 7.6 days! It belongs to a type of planet called a mini-Neptune — one of the most common kinds in the galaxy, but totally absent from our own solar system.
How Far Away Is GJ 15 A b?
GJ 15 A b is one of the closest exoplanets to Earth, sitting just 11.6 light-years away — but even at that short distance, it would take tens of thousands of years to reach it. Find out what this super-Earth is like and how scientists discovered it.
TOI-5159 b: Getting to Know a Super-Earth
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!
Meet the TOI-1136 System: 6 Worlds Around One Star
About 276 light-years away, a star called TOI-1136 has six planets circling around it. One of them, TOI-1136 f, is almost four times wider than Earth — and scientists are using this crowded system to learn how planet families are built.
How Did We Find DMPP-6 c?
Scientists can't photograph DMPP-6 c, but they still proved it exists — 178 light-years away! Find out how a tiny starlight wobble and a cool trick called the Doppler effect helped astronomers uncover this mysterious world bigger than Earth but smaller than Neptune.