October 22, 2026
TIC 390586021 b is a mini-Neptune — a type of planet bigger than Earth but smaller than Neptune — and it zips around its star in less than three days! Scientists are piecing together clues about what this faraway world is made of, and the answers are surprisingly tricky.
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October 16, 2026
TOI-5938 b is a strange world nearly four times wider than Earth, orbiting a distant orange star in just over two days. It belongs to a type of planet our solar system has none of — and it is already helping scientists understand what most planets in the galaxy are really like.
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October 12, 2026
Meet DMPP-9 b, a planet about 357 light-years away that scientists confirmed in 2026! It weighs 14 times as much as Earth and zips around its star in just under two weeks. Find out how astronomers discovered it and what makes mini-Neptunes so special.
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October 10, 2026
TOI-4662 b is a mysterious world almost nine times heavier than Earth, racing around an orange star in just 4.7 days. Scientists discovered it in 2026, and its strange size and mass raise big questions about what might be hiding inside.
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September 28, 2026
TOI-5624 c is a world nearly two and a half times wider than Earth, but it orbits its star in less than eight days and reaches scorching temperatures. Find out what makes this faraway mini-Neptune so interesting to scientists!
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September 24, 2026
TOI-5624 b is a planet 332 light-years away that completes a full orbit in just 3.39 days and reaches temperatures hotter than Venus! It belongs to a type of planet called a mini-Neptune — and our solar system doesn't have a single one.
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September 22, 2026
TOI-5624 f is a mini-Neptune almost four times wider than Earth, orbiting a star a lot like our Sun — 332 light-years away. Scientists found it in a surprising way, by watching how its gravity pushed and pulled on neighboring planets!
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September 16, 2026
TOI-4898 b is a strange world 322 light-years away that doesn't look like anything in our solar system. It's bigger than Earth but smaller than Neptune, and scientists think it might have a thick atmosphere and a deep layer of icy material hidden inside.
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September 4, 2026
TIC 139702105 b is a mini-Neptune exoplanet 299 light-years away with a year that lasts less than a week! Scientists are just beginning to learn about this fascinating world that could be wrapped in layers of gas and water.
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August 29, 2026
TOI-5486 b is a mysterious planet nearly four times wider than Earth, zooming around its star in just two days. Scientists call it a mini-Neptune, and it belongs to a type of planet our solar system doesn't even have — so what exactly is hiding inside it?
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