August 14, 2026
Astronomers discovered a new planet called TOI-7166 b that is bigger than Earth and orbits a cool red star 116 light-years away. Could it support life? Scientists are just starting to ask that question, and the answers are fascinating.
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August 5, 2026
A planet called TIC 88692598 b orbits a cool, dim star 240 light-years away, and its whole year lasts less than three Earth days! Scientists are still piecing together what this super-Earth is made of — and the answer might surprise you.
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July 31, 2026
GJ 15 A b is one of the closest exoplanets to Earth, sitting just 11.6 light-years away — but even at that short distance, it would take tens of thousands of years to reach it. Find out what this super-Earth is like and how scientists discovered it.
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July 13, 2026
GJ 887 b is one of the closest exoplanets to Earth, sitting just 10.7 light-years away — but even that short distance means a trip there would take over 100,000 years! Find out what scientists have learned about this mysterious super-Earth and its quiet red dwarf star.
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July 7, 2026
LHS 1903 c is a planet unlike anything in our solar system — bigger than Earth but smaller than Neptune, orbiting a dim red star so closely that one year there lasts less than a week. Find out what scientists have learned about this strange, faraway world!
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June 25, 2026
Barnard e is a small planet orbiting one of the closest stars to Earth, just 5.96 light-years away. Even at that short cosmic distance, a trip there would take thousands of years. Find out what makes this nearby world so fascinating!
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June 21, 2026
TOI-4552 b is a rocky world just a little bigger than Earth, but it is nothing like home. It is scorching hot, orbits its star in less than eight hours, and is way too extreme for life — yet scientists say it has a lot to teach us.
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June 21, 2026
Barnard b is one of the closest exoplanets ever found, orbiting a star just 5.96 light-years away. But even at that short cosmic distance, it would take a spacecraft about 100,000 years to get there. Find out what we know about this fascinating nearby world!
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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 16, 2026
Just 40 light-years away, a cool red dwarf star called 55 Cnc B holds at least seven planets in its grip. One of those worlds, discovered in 2025, is a super-Earth that completes a full year in under a week. Here is what scientists have found so far.
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