September 9, 2026
About 35 light-years away, a small cool star called L 98-59 has five planets packed tightly around it. One of them, L 98-59 d, is giving scientists real clues about what it might be made of — and there is still so much more to discover.
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August 16, 2026
About 922 light-years away, a star called Kepler-20 has at least six planets all packed closer together than Mercury is to our Sun. Scientists are still uncovering secrets about this strange planetary family — and what they've found already is pretty surprising.
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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 23, 2026
About 205 light-years away, a cool orange star is home to six planets packed tightly together and moving in a perfectly timed rhythm. This amazing system breaks many rules scientists expected — and it has a lot to teach us about how planetary families form.
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July 17, 2026
175 light-years away, a star called HD 191939 is surrounded by at least six planets — including one called HD 191939 c, a world bigger than Earth but smaller than Neptune. Learn how scientists found this busy planet family and what makes it so special.
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July 9, 2026
Kepler-553 c is a giant planet orbiting a star more than 2,000 light-years away — and scientists think liquid water might not be completely impossible there. Find out what makes this faraway world so interesting and so mysterious.
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June 21, 2026
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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June 17, 2026
Barnard c is one of the closest exoplanets ever found, orbiting a dim red star just under 6 light-years from Earth. This small, warm world completes a full year in just over 4 days — and scientists only discovered it in 2025!
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June 12, 2026
Far away in the Milky Way, a star called KOI-351 has eight planets orbiting around it — just like our own Sun! Scientists are studying one of those planets, KOI-351 g, to learn more about how entire families of planets are built.
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June 11, 2026
Only 10.7 light-years away, a small red star called GJ 887 has a planet our solar system doesn't — a mini-Neptune! Find out how scientists discovered GJ 887 d, what it might look like inside, and why this chilly world helps us understand planets across the universe.
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