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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August 30, 2026
Eps Ind A b is one of the closest exoplanets to Earth, sitting just 11.9 light-years away — but even at that distance, it would take Voyager 1 more than 200,000 years to get there. Find out what this giant, mysterious world is really like.
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August 24, 2026
tau Cet f is one of the closest known exoplanets to Earth, orbiting a star you can actually see in the night sky. It's nearly four times heavier than Earth and might even sit in the zone where liquid water could exist — but scientists still have a lot to learn about this mysterious world.
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August 18, 2026
Tau Cet h is one of the closest exoplanets we know about, but even so, getting there would take thousands of years with today's spacecraft. Find out just how far 11.8 light-years really is and what it would take to make the trip.
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August 12, 2026
tau Cet g is one of the closest known exoplanets to Earth, sitting just 11.8 light-years away. This super-Earth zooms around its star in only 20 days — and scientists are just beginning to uncover its secrets.
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July 31, 2026
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.
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July 25, 2026
Gl 725 A b is one of the closest exoplanets to Earth, but even at 11.5 light-years away, it would take our fastest spacecraft about 209,000 years to get there. Find out what that distance really means and what we know about this nearby world.
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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 1, 2026
Epsilon Eridani b is one of the closest known exoplanets to Earth — but close in space still means 10.5 light-years away! Find out how long it would take to travel there, what kind of planet it is, and how scientists discovered it.
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June 25, 2026
Barnard e is a small planet orbiting one of the closest stars to Earth, just 5.96 light-years away. Even at that short cosmic distance, a trip there would take thousands of years. Find out what makes this nearby world so fascinating!
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