The extremely hot planet called WASP-121b was discovered in a star system 90 light-years away in 2015.

Scientists just found a hellish exoplanet shaped like a football

Ultra-hot Jupiter

Astronomers have found that a distant exoplanet is so drawn by the gravitational pull from its host star, it's being deformed into the shape of a football.

Scientists Just Found a Hellish Exoplanet Shaped Like a Football

Make no mistake: this planet is basically Hell.

TESS Helps Reveal Multiple Planets, Including Promising World

It's about 22 percent larger than Earth and 31 lightyears away.

Satellite spots "first nearby super-Earth" that could harbor life

Uber Earth

Astronomers from Cornell University claim they've found the first potentially habitable "super-earth," an Earth-like planet outside the Solar System.

Satellite Spots “First Nearby Super-Earth” That Could Harbor Life

"This is exciting, as this is humanity's first nearby super-Earth that could harbor life."

4000 Exoplanets

Accompanying the map is a video that takes you through the number of exoplanets discovered since the year 1991.

NASA just released an incredible map of all known exoplanets

Gotta Catch 'Em All

NASA just dropped an astonishing elaborate map of the over 4,003 exoplanets that we know to exist outside our Solar System.

NASA Just Released an Incredible Map of All Known Exoplanets

We've discovered over 4,000 exoplanets since the early 1990s.

Sometimes, a moon just needs a little space.

Our Moon could escape Earth’s orbit and become a "ploonet"

Miss You Already

New research suggests that some moons may escape their host planets' orbits to become "ploonets" — and Earth's own Moon could eventually join their ranks.

Our Moon Could Escape Earth’s Orbit and Become a “Ploonet”

A hypothetical new type of world could explain a lot about our universe.

TESS Discovers Its Tiniest World To Date

This lil' guy is an absolute knockout of a find for NASA.

NASA's TESS mission has spotted its smallest exoplanet ever

It's Baby

NASA's TESS mission has a new discovery: a small exoplanet named L 98-59b, the tiniest TESS has ever spotted, which NASA says could have its own atmosphere.

NASA’s TESS Mission Has Spotted Its Smallest Exoplanet Ever

The little planet clocks in a bit smaller than Earth, but bigger than Mars.

"...this is a very exciting find, and I hope we will get more observations of this system in the future."

Scientists find the most Earth-like exoplanet ever — and it's nearby

Hello There

A newly-discovered exoplanet called Teegarden b is more similar to Earth than any other world scientists have spotted so far.

Scientists Find the Most Earth-Like Exoplanet Ever — and It’s Nearby

Another Earth?

It's about 10 times as massive as Earth — and on the move.

A baby exoplanet is creating strange dust rings around its star

Stunning Sight

The inward migration of a recently formed exoplanet is causing never-before-seen structures to form in its host star's protoplanetary disk.

A Baby Exoplanet Is Creating Strange Dust Rings Around Its Star

Stunning images show how it's sculpting the dust into thin rings.

"Perhaps the desert is greener than was once thought."

Astronomers find distant "forbidden planet" in "Neptunian Desert"

Rogue Planet

For the first time ever, astronomers have discovered a "forbidden planet" in an orbit previously thought to be impossible.

Astronomers Find Distant “Forbidden Planet” In “Neptunian Desert”

This alien world whips around its sun every 1.3 days.

"Hundreds or thousands of kilometers" deep.

Exoplanet "water worlds" could hold unfathomably deep alien oceans

Water Worlds

A new theory suggests that a type of exoplanet two to four times the size of Earth ("sub-Neptunes") is likely to be a water world, not a gas dwarf.

Exoplanet “Water Worlds” Could Hold Unfathomably Deep Alien Oceans

“Unfathomable. Bottomless. Very Deep.”

It lets scientists study exoplanets' atmospheres with unprecedented accuracy.

New method could help astronomers find life-supporting exoplanets

Tracking ET

For the first time, astronomers have used a technique known as optical interferometry to study an exoplanet — and it could help in our hunt for aliens.

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