October 26, 2026
In 2026, astronomers discovered TIC 18942729 b, a planet 376 light-years away that completes one full orbit around its star in just one Earth day! Find out how scientists spotted it without ever leaving home — using tiny dips in starlight.
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October 23, 2026
Teegarden's Star c is a planet almost exactly the same size as Earth, but it orbits just 12.5 light-years away around a tiny, dim red dwarf star. Could this chilly, mysterious world be hiding secrets? Let's find out what scientists have discovered so far!
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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 20, 2026
TOI-5777 b is a scorching hot planet 373 light-years away — and we found it without ever seeing it directly. Discover the two clever tricks astronomers used to spot this hidden world and figure out what it might be made of.
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October 17, 2026
Teegarden's Star b is a rocky planet about the same size as Earth, sitting just 12.5 light-years away. But even our fastest spacecraft would take over 20,000 years to get there — so just how far away is it really?
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October 14, 2026
TOI-209 b is a scorching hot planet 370 light-years away that no telescope can photograph — yet scientists know its size, mass, and temperature. Find out how two clever tricks using starlight revealed the secrets of this distant world.
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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 11, 2026
Teegarden's Star d is a rocky, Earth-sized planet orbiting a tiny red star just 12.5 light-years away — practically next door in space terms. Discovered in 2024, this cold, mysterious world is already making scientists ask big questions about what planets near us are really like.
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October 9, 2026
About 117 light-years away, a star almost exactly like our Sun has at least five planets orbiting it. One of those planets is even bigger than Jupiter — and scientists are still figuring out what the rest of the family looks like.
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October 8, 2026
Scientists have never taken a picture of TOI-1752 c, but they still know its size, mass, and temperature — all from watching starlight flicker. Find out how two clever tricks let astronomers discover a world 336 light-years away without ever seeing it directly.
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