October 26, 2026
In 2026, astronomers discovered TIC 18942729 b, a planet 376 light-years away that completes one full orbit around its star in just one Earth day! Find out how scientists spotted it without ever leaving home — using tiny dips in starlight.
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October 17, 2026
Teegarden's Star b is a rocky planet about the same size as Earth, sitting just 12.5 light-years away. But even our fastest spacecraft would take over 20,000 years to get there — so just how far away is it really?
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September 29, 2026
YZ Cet b is one of the closest exoplanets to Earth, sitting just 12.1 light-years away — but even at that short cosmic distance, it would take over 100,000 years to reach it with today's fastest spacecraft. Find out what makes this tiny, fast-moving world so fascinating.
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September 23, 2026
YZ Cet d is a planet almost exactly the same size as Earth, but it's 12.1 light-years away — and getting there would take over 200,000 years even in our fastest spacecraft. Find out what we know about this strange, nearby world.
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September 17, 2026
GJ 1061 c is a planet just 12 light-years away — practically next door in space! But even the fastest spacecraft ever built would take around 18,000 years to get there. Find out what we know about this super-Earth and its tiny, dim star.
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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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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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