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 21, 2026
About 127 light-years away, a cool orange star called HD 23472 has at least five planets circling close around it. One of them is a super-hot, super-dense world that helps scientists figure out how rocky planets form across the galaxy.
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October 18, 2026
TOI-201 d is a super-Earth discovered in 2026, orbiting a star 371 light-years away. It completes a full orbit in under six days and reaches scorching temperatures hotter than lava. Find out what makes this strange, fast-moving world so fascinating to scientists!
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October 13, 2026
Kepler-1540 b is a planet nearly 800 light-years away that sits in the zone where liquid water might exist on its surface. Scientists don't know yet if it has an atmosphere or even a rocky surface, but its location and temperature make it one worth watching.
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October 7, 2026
Four hundred light-years away, a planet called K2-332 b orbits a cool red star every 17.7 days. Its temperature is just below freezing, but scientists think the right atmosphere could push it into a range where liquid water might actually exist.
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October 4, 2026
TOI-1752 b is a scorching hot super-Earth that completes one full orbit around its star in less than a single Earth day! Scientists are piecing together clues about what this faraway world is made of — and the answers might surprise you.
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October 2, 2026
TOI-4513 b is a scorching hot planet 335 light-years away that no one has ever seen directly — so how do scientists know it exists? Clever starlight detective work using two cool methods cracked the case, and the answers are pretty amazing.
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October 1, 2026
Kepler-452 b is a faraway planet that circles a star very much like our Sun, taking 385 days to complete one orbit. Scientists think it sits in the Goldilocks Zone, but there is still so much we do not know about this mysterious world.
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September 25, 2026
Kepler-705 b is a planet 903 light-years away, and its estimated temperature puts it right at the edge of the zone where liquid water could exist. But does that make it a good place for life? The answer might surprise you.
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September 21, 2026
About 87 light-years away, a star called HD 134606 has five planets orbiting around it — and one of them zooms through a full year in just over four days! Find out what scientists discovered about this cool solar system in 2024.
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