Meet the Kepler-11 System: 6 Worlds Around One Star

Meet the Kepler-11 System: 6 Worlds Around One Star

August 28, 2026

Meet the Kepler-11 System: 6 Worlds Around One Star

About 2,108 light-years away, a star called Kepler-11 has six whole planets orbiting around it — and scientists found all of them at the same time! This crowded solar system is packed into a space smaller than Earth's orbit around our Sun.

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Kepler-80: A Family of Worlds Around One Star

August 22, 2026

Kepler-80: A Family of Worlds Around One Star

About 1,205 light-years away, a star called Kepler-80 has six planets packed incredibly close together — all zooming around their star in just a few Earth days. Scientists are learning how these worlds stay in perfect rhythm with each other without crashing!

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Meet DMPP-6 b: A Newly Found Mini-Neptune

August 1, 2026

Meet DMPP-6 b: A Newly Found Mini-Neptune

DMPP-6 b is a newly confirmed planet 178 light-years away, and it completes an entire year in just 7.6 days! It belongs to a type of planet called a mini-Neptune — one of the most common kinds in the galaxy, but totally absent from our own solar system.

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Meet the TOI-1136 System: 6 Worlds Around One Star

July 29, 2026

Meet the TOI-1136 System: 6 Worlds Around One Star

About 276 light-years away, a star called TOI-1136 has six planets circling around it. One of them, TOI-1136 f, is almost four times wider than Earth — and scientists are using this crowded system to learn how planet families are built.

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HD 110067: A Family of Worlds Around One Star

June 29, 2026

HD 110067: A Family of Worlds Around One Star

One hundred and five light-years away, a star called HD 110067 has six planets orbiting around it in an almost musical pattern. Scientists are studying this amazing family of worlds to learn how planets form and why our own Solar System looks so different.

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Meet HD 176986 d: A Mini-Neptune Around a Orange Star

June 21, 2026

Meet HD 176986 d: A Mini-Neptune Around a Orange Star

Meet HD 176986 d, a mini-Neptune planet almost two and a half times wider than Earth, orbiting an orange star 90.6 light-years away. Scientists are piecing together what this mysterious world is made of — and the answer could help explain planets all across our galaxy.

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What Is a Planet System? A Family of Worlds

June 10, 2026

What Is a Planet System? A Family of Worlds

Did you know that almost every star in the sky probably has its own family of planets? Find out how planet systems are born, why planets end up where they do, and how scientists discover worlds around distant stars.

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