August 31, 2026
Meet TOI-1756 b, a super-Earth discovered in 2026 that is nearly twice as wide as our planet and hot enough to melt lead! Scientists are still puzzling over what it is made of, and the answers could teach us a lot about how planets form.
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August 27, 2026
Astronomers found a distant world called TOI-1466 b by catching its tiny shadow crossing a star 282 light-years away. Learn how two clever space detective tricks — watching for dimming starlight and measuring a star's wobble — revealed this super-hot planet.
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August 26, 2026
TOI-1736 c is a giant planet about 290 light-years away that orbits a Sun-like star. Scientists are asking whether it could support life, and the answer involves frozen temperatures, mysterious atmospheres, and a planet so huge it probably has no solid ground at all.
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August 25, 2026
Meet HIP 54515 b, a giant planet so massive it sits right at the edge of being a failed star! It takes about 90 Earth years just to complete one orbit, and scientists actually captured light from it directly — one of the rarest ways to find a planet.
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August 19, 2026
Meet TOI-4363 b, a real planet discovered in 2026 that is nearly four times heavier than Earth and so close to its star that one year lasts only about two days. Scientists have already uncovered some amazing facts about this scorching super-Earth — and there is still so much more to learn.
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August 13, 2026
A planet called TOI-2133 b orbits its star in less than four days and is hot enough to melt most metals. Scientists confirmed this strange world in 2026, and it is already teaching us more about the many kinds of planets that exist across the galaxy.
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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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August 11, 2026
DMPP-8 b is a giant planet discovered in 2026, orbiting a star 248 light-years away. It completes one trip around its star in just 63 days, and scientists think it may be a warm, gas-filled world similar to Jupiter or Saturn — but with plenty of mysteries still to solve.
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August 7, 2026
TOI-7384 b is a newly confirmed planet 218 light-years away that completes a full year in just over six Earth days. It belongs to a strange class of worlds called mini-Neptunes — and scientists are just starting to uncover its secrets.
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August 6, 2026
GJ 15 A c is a giant planet almost 12 light-years away, orbiting a dim red star so slowly that one year there lasts over 20 Earth years. Find out how scientists discovered it and what this faraway world might really be like!
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