August 21, 2026
How do astronomers find a planet 267 light-years away when they can't even see it? The secret is a tiny dip in starlight — and a clever trick called the transit method. Meet TOI-2453 b, a scorching world discovered by its own shadow.
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August 15, 2026
Scientists have never actually seen TOI-2104 b, but they still know its size, mass, and temperature. Find out how two clever tricks let astronomers study a planet that is 250 light-years away and completely hidden by its star's glare.
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August 9, 2026
Astronomers found a faraway planet called TOI-1732 b using a clever trick — watching for tiny dips in starlight when the planet passes in front of its star. Find out how this method works and what scientists have learned about this hot, fast world 244 light-years away.
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August 4, 2026
Three hundred and forty-seven light-years away, a star called HIP 41378 has six planets circling around it. One of those planets, HIP 41378 d, is giving scientists some of their best clues yet about what faraway worlds might really be made of.
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July 28, 2026
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.
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July 10, 2026
In 2026, scientists discovered a new planet called LHS 1903 d, orbiting a dim red star 116 light-years away. Find out how astronomers used tiny dips in starlight to spot this distant world — and what those dips reveal about the planet's size and orbit.
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June 15, 2026
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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June 10, 2026
A planet bigger than Earth has been found orbiting a small, dim red star called GJ 3378. Scientists used a clever light-dimming trick to spot it, and while there is still a lot to learn, every new world discovered helps us understand just how many planets fill our galaxy.
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