July 27, 2026
Kepler-991 b is a planet more than 1,200 light-years away that scientists discovered in 2016. It's bigger than Earth, orbits a calm orange star, and has a temperature that might not rule out life — but there's still a lot we don't know.
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July 25, 2026
Gl 725 A b is one of the closest exoplanets to Earth, but even at 11.5 light-years away, it would take our fastest spacecraft about 209,000 years to get there. Find out what that distance really means and what we know about this nearby world.
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July 22, 2026
How do you find a planet you can never see? Astronomers used clever tricks with starlight to spot TIC 231949697 b, a scorching rocky world 164 light-years away. Find out how tiny dips in brightness led to one of science's coolest discoveries.
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July 18, 2026
TOI-2094 b is a mysterious world almost twice the size of Earth, orbiting a dim red star 163 light-years away. Scientists aren't sure if it has a rocky core, hidden water, or even an atmosphere — and the answers could change what we know about planets like it.
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July 14, 2026
Meet TOI-2431 b, a rocky super-Earth located 118 light-years away where a single year lasts just five hours! This scorching world is so close to its star that some rocks might turn to vapor — and scientists are still working to unlock its secrets.
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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 10, 2026
In 2026, scientists discovered a new planet called LHS 1903 d, orbiting a dim red star 116 light-years away. Find out how astronomers used tiny dips in starlight to spot this distant world — and what those dips reveal about the planet's size and orbit.
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July 8, 2026
LHS 1903 b is a scorching super-Earth discovered in 2026, orbiting a dim red star 116 light-years away — and it has three planetary neighbors! Find out what makes this fast-moving rocky world so fascinating to scientists.
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July 7, 2026
GJ 887 c is one of the closest exoplanets to Earth, sitting just 10.7 light-years away and orbiting a calm, dim red dwarf star. Scientists are still figuring out what this warm, super-Earth-sized world is really like — and whether it could ever support life.
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July 3, 2026
Kepler-967 c is a planet nearly 1,854 light-years away that sits in the zone where liquid water might exist on its surface. It's bigger than Earth, orbits a star similar to our Sun, and scientists are still working to unlock its many mysteries.
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