Name: K2-379 b
A Neptune-like giant planet.
Distance from Earth: 594 light-years
Year discovered: 2022
Discovered by: K2
Planet radius: 2.181 x Earth
Orbital period: 8.78 day(s)

https://eyes.nasa.gov/apps/exo/#/planet/K2-379_b

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Name: Kepler-348 c
A potentially rocky world, larger than Earth.
Distance from Earth: 1,862 light-years
Year discovered: 2014
Discovered by: Kepler
Planet radius: 1.33 x Earth
Orbital period: 17.27 day(s)

https://eyes.nasa.gov/apps/exo/#/planet/Kepler-348_c

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Name: Kepler-1189 b
A potentially rocky world, larger than Earth.
Distance from Earth: 2,553 light-years
Year discovered: 2016
Discovered by: Kepler
Planet radius: 1.77 x Earth
Orbital period: 3.79 day(s)

https://eyes.nasa.gov/apps/exo/#/planet/Kepler-1189_b

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#DrakeEquation #AlienLife #Exoplanets #Music #Cuisine #Humor

Some cynics ask why would space aliens bother with coming to visit Earth. Personally, I would fly across the universe just to listen to human music and have a slice…

New in the #VirtualObservatory: “TESS hot Jupiter candidates CAFE follow-up” by Lillo-Box J. et al.
https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/A+A/713/A272
#Exoplanets #RadialVelocity #MultipleStars #VisibleAstronomy

Name: WASP-106 b
A giant planet composed mainly of gas.
Distance from Earth: 1,149 light-years
Year discovered: 2014
Discovered by: SuperWASP
Planet radius: 11.433 x Earth
Planet mass: 515 Earths
Orbital period: 9.29 day(s)

https://eyes.nasa.gov/apps/exo/#/planet/WASP-106_b

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Name: GJ 3634 b
A Neptune-like giant planet.
Distance from Earth: 66 light-years
Year discovered: 2010
Discovered by: La Silla Observatory
Planet mass: 8 Earths
Orbital period: 2.65 day(s)

https://eyes.nasa.gov/apps/exo/#/planet/GJ_3634_b

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Orbiting its star in just 13 hours, ultra-short period super-Earth K2-106b faces extreme heat that shapes its molten, metallic surface. Discover this scorching world!

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324 real exoplanet systems beat random chance for evenly-spaced orbits: +0.065 R², CI excludes zero. The Solar System's own spacing hits the 96th percentile of its null. Not the 1766 Titius-Bode formula — a real regularity underneath it. #Astrophysics #Exoplanets #News #Journalism #Media

Name: Kepler-843 b
A Neptune-like giant planet.
Distance from Earth: 3,802 light-years
Year discovered: 2016
Discovered by: Kepler
Planet radius: 2.59 x Earth
Orbital period: 2.05 day(s)

https://eyes.nasa.gov/apps/exo/#/planet/Kepler-843_b

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Radio waves from exoplanet Beta Pictoris b reveal a planetary magnetic field and could refine the search for habitable worlds—likely natural auroral signals, not an alien message. #Exoplanets #HabitableWorlds #Astrophysics

Name: HD 224538 b
A giant planet composed mainly of gas.
Distance from Earth: 258 light-years
Year discovered: 2016
Discovered by: Multiple Observatories
Planet mass: 2,076 Earths
Orbital period: 1202.05 day(s)

https://eyes.nasa.gov/apps/exo/#/planet/HD_224538_b

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Name: K2-70 b
A Neptune-like giant planet.
Distance from Earth: 760 light-years
Year discovered: 2016
Discovered by: K2
Planet radius: 2.89 x Earth
Orbital period: 13.98 day(s)

https://eyes.nasa.gov/apps/exo/#/planet/K2-70_b

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Meet Kepler-87c, a puffy alien world! This low-density sub-Neptune boasts a massive gaseous envelope that's baffling planet formation theories. How did it get so big yet light? Dive into the cosmos!

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New in the #VirtualObservatory: “Two inner dust clumps in PDS 70” by Balsalobre-Ruza O. et al.
https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/A+A/713/A252
#MultipleStars #Exoplanets #InfraredAstronomy #Spectroscopy

Name: Kepler-215 d
A potentially rocky world, larger than Earth.
Distance from Earth: 1,585 light-years
Year discovered: 2014
Discovered by: Kepler
Planet radius: 2.39 x Earth
Orbital period: 30.86 day(s)

https://eyes.nasa.gov/apps/exo/#/planet/Kepler-215_d

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Alien life? Why the possibility of exoplanet LHS 1140b emitting helium gas is so exciting https://phys.org/news/2026-09-alien-life-possibility-exoplanet-lhs.html 🪐 #Exoplanet #Exoplanets #AlienWorlds #AlienLife #Extraterrestrials #Space #Science #SolarSystem #Astrobiology

📡 Harvard Scientists Detect Radio Signal Coming Directly From Planet Outside the Solar System

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Cosmic milestone: For the 1st time, astronomers detected direct radio emissions from exoplanet Beta Pictoris b (63 light-years away)! The signals confirm a massive magnetic shield & intense otherworldly aurora.

🌌 #Astronomy #SpaceNews #Exoplanets #Science

Name: Kepler-319 b
A potentially rocky world, larger than Earth.
Distance from Earth: 1,642 light-years
Year discovered: 2014
Discovered by: Kepler
Planet radius: 1.63 x Earth
Orbital period: 4.36 day(s)

https://eyes.nasa.gov/apps/exo/#/planet/Kepler-319_b

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