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Seven Rocky TRAPPIST-1 Planets May Be Made of Similar Stuff

Seven Rocky TRAPPIST-1 Planets May Be Made of Similar Stuff

Discovery Alert: A Forgotten Planet Found in a Triple-Star System

Discovery Alert: A Forgotten Planet Found in a Triple-Star System

Hubble Pins Down Weird Exoplanet with Far-Flung Orbit

Hubble Pins Down Weird Exoplanet with Far-Flung Orbit

About Half of Sun-Like Stars Could Host Rocky, Potentially Habitable Planets

About Half of Sun-Like Stars Could Host Rocky, Potentially Habitable Planets

NASA's TESS Creates a Cosmic Vista of the Northern Sky

NASA's TESS Creates a Cosmic Vista of the Northern Sky

Among Trillions of Planets, Are We 'Home Alone?'

Among Trillions of Planets, Are We 'Home Alone?'

NASA Missions Spy First Possible ‘Survivor' Planet Hugging a White Dwarf Star

NASA Missions Spy First Possible ‘Survivor' Planet Hugging a White Dwarf Star

Battered, Blasted: a Giant Planet Core Laid Bare?

Battered, Blasted: a Giant Planet Core Laid Bare?

NASA's Planet Hunter Completes Its Primary Mission

NASA's Planet Hunter Completes Its Primary Mission

Hubble Uses Earth as a Proxy for Identifying Oxygen on Potentially Habitable Planets Around Other Stars

Hubble Uses Earth as a Proxy for Identifying Oxygen on Potentially Habitable Planets Around Other Stars

Discovery Alert: See the Image – 2 Planets Orbit a Sun-like Star

Discovery Alert: See the Image – 2 Planets Orbit a Sun-like Star

Finding Disks Where Planets Form: 'Disk Detective' Needs Your Help

Finding Disks Where Planets Form: 'Disk Detective' Needs Your Help

Explore Alien Worlds

Exoplanet Travel Bureau

This set of travel posters envision a day when the creativity of scientists and engineers will allow us to do things we can only dream of now.

Strange New Worlds

Explore an interactive gallery of some of the most intriguing and exotic planets discovered so far.

A planetary tour through time. The ancients debated the existence of planets beyond our own; now we know of thousands.

Historic Timeline

A planetary tour through time. The ancients debated the existence of planets beyond our own; now we know of thousands.