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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June 12, 2026
GJ 4274 b is a super-Earth just 23.6 light-years away, and scientists found it without ever seeing it directly. They tracked tiny wobbles in its star's light to reveal a speedy world that completes one full year in less than two Earth days!
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June 12, 2026
Scientists confirmed a new rocky planet called GJ 887 e in 2026, and it is one of the closest exoplanets to Earth ever found. It is a little bigger than our planet, blazing hot, and orbits its star in just over four days — making it a wild world worth learning about.
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June 10, 2026
A planet bigger than Earth has been found orbiting a small, dim red star called GJ 3378. Scientists used a clever light-dimming trick to spot it, and while there is still a lot to learn, every new world discovered helps us understand just how many planets fill our galaxy.
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