TOI-2104 b: A Planet We Cannot See Directly

August 15, 2026

TOI-2104 b: A Planet We Cannot See Directly

Scientists have never actually seen TOI-2104 b, but they still know its size, mass, and temperature. Find out how two clever tricks let astronomers study a planet that is 250 light-years away and completely hidden by its star's glare.

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HD 164604 c: A Planet We Cannot See Directly

Finding Planets

July 16, 2026

HD 164604 c: A Planet We Cannot See Directly

HD 164604 c is a giant planet nearly ten times bigger than Jupiter — and no telescope has ever taken its picture. Scientists figured out it exists by watching its star wobble in a clever trick using light. Find out how they did it!

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Finding Planets

June 12, 2026

How Did We Find GJ 4274 b?

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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GJ 1061 b: A World 12 Light-Years From Earth
GJ 1061 b is a rocky world almost exactly Earth's size, circling a cool red star just 12 light-years away. Scientists found it by watching the star wobble — and what they learned is pretty amazing.
What Is TOI-5788 b? A Super-Earth
TOI-5788 b is a super-Earth more than three times heavier than our planet, orbiting so close to its star that its surface reaches scorching temperatures hot enough to melt lead. Scientists discovered it in 2026, and it's already raising big questions about what rocky worlds can look like.
Inside L 98-59: A Family of 5 Planets
About 35 light-years away, a small cool star called L 98-59 has five planets packed tightly around it. One of them, L 98-59 d, is giving scientists real clues about what it might be made of — and there is still so much more to discover.
TOI-697 b: A Planet We Cannot See Directly
TOI-697 b is a planet so far away that no telescope can photograph it — yet scientists still figured out its size, mass, and temperature just by watching starlight. Find out how two clever tricks turn tiny signals into big discoveries!
Is Kepler-1636 b in the Goldilocks Zone?
Kepler-1636 b is a faraway planet sitting in the Goldilocks Zone — the region around a star where liquid water might exist. Scientists think it could be a mysterious world bigger than Earth, but there's still so much we don't know about it.