The fourth closest star to the Sun: three potential exoplanets // Lalande 21185, also known as Gliese 411 or HD 95735, is a small star located in the northern constellation Ursa Major. At 8.30 light-years away, it comes in behind Alpha Centauri, Barnard's ...

First ever transiting exoplanet discovered in the habitable zone // Kepler-22, also known as KOI-87, is a real star located 635 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus. As a yellow dwarf of spectral type G5V, it is slightly smaller and dimmer than the...

Distant mega-Jupiter orbiting a pair of massive blue stars // b Centauri (b Cen) is a real exoplanet system 325.2 light-years away in the constellation Centaurus. It consists of two high-mass stars—b Cen A and b Cen B—which together weigh up to 10 times th...

Yellow dwarf with two sub-Neptunes in a possible binary star system // HIP 9618, also known as TOI-1471, is a real star hosting two known exoplanets 220.3 light-years away in the constellation Aries. It is a G5 yellow dwarf of 0.93 solar masses and 0.95 so...

Water worlds and a small Mars-mass planet around a red dwarf // Kepler-138, also known as KOI-314, is a real system of four known exoplanets located 218.1 light-years away in the constellation Lyra. The host star Kepler-138 is a fairly young red dwarf betw...

Trio of gas giants orbiting an ageing orange star // HD 184010 is a real exoplanet system 200.2 light-years away in the constellation Vulpecula. It consists of an evolved star and three Saturn-mass gas giants. The stellar host HD 184010 is younger than the...

Eccentric super-Earth moving in and out of the habitable zone // Gliese 514 (Gl 514) is a real exoplanet system located 24.85 light-years away in the constellation Virgo. It consists of a solitary star and one known planet. The star Gl 514 is a high-end re...

A young triple brown dwarf system with roaring dust storms // VHS J125601.92–125723.9, or more simply VHS 1256–1257, is a real exoplanet system located 69.0 light-years away in the constellation Corvus. It is a young system of 140 million years with an inn...

Disintegrating rocky planets in a compact binary star system // DMPP-3 is a real exoplanet system located 153 light years from Earth, consisting of two stars and possibly two planets, one of which is currently unconfirmed. The primary star, DMPP-3 A, is a ...

A warm super-Jupiter orbiting binary Sun-like stars // TIC 172900988 (TIC 1729) is a real exoplanet system located 803 light years from Earth, consisting of two stars and one known planet. The stars form an eclipsing binary with a fairly eccentric 19.7-day...

Two Earth-mass planets in the habitable zone of a nearby M-dwarf // Gliese 1002 (GJ 1002) is a real exoplanet system consisting of an M5.5V red dwarf and two known planets. The star is located a fairly close 15.8 light years from Earth, with 12% of the mas...

A Low-Density Neptune Orbiting an M2-Dwarf Star // TOI-3785 is a real exoplanet system located 259 light years from Earth, consisting of one star and one known planet. The star, TOI-3785, is an M2V red dwarf weighing in at 0.52 solar masses and 0.50 solar ...

A Planet In The Small-planet Radius Valley Orbiting a Sun-like Star // TOI-733 is a real G6V yellow dwarf with one known planet, located 246 light years from Earth and belonging to the same family of stars as the Sun. It is slightly smaller at 0.956 solar ...

Earth-mass planet in the habitable zone of a very low-mass star // Wolf 1069 is a real M5.0V red dwarf 31.2 light years from Earth. At 0.167 solar masses and 0.181 solar radii, the star lies towards the smaller end of our stellar neighbourhood. Its surface...