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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June 10, 2026
The nearest star beyond our Sun is called Proxima Centauri, and it is about 4.24 light-years away. That sounds close, but even the fastest spacecraft ever built would take tens of thousands of years to get there. Find out why star distances are so hard to imagine!
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