After years of searching, NASA's astronomers have successfully in finding over 5,000 exoplanets.
After years of searching, NASA astronomers have successfully in finding over 5,000 exoplanets, planets which orbits another Sun. We have curated a list of six such planets that were discovered by astronomers since 2006. Do note: the images used to depict such planets are artist's impressions of the planets. (Photo: NASA)- Super cold Earth: Discovered in January 2006, OGLE 2005-BLG-390L is a cold super-Earth, nicknamed “Hoth,†with a surface locked in the deepest of deep freezes. (photo: NASA)
- Super-earth: Discovered in October 2014, 55 Cnc e is a hot, rocky planet locked by gravity with one side always facing its star and one side permanently plunged in darkness. Wild swings in temperature hint at a surface that may be bubbling with rivers of lava. (photo: NASA)
- Hot Jupiter: Discovered in April 2017, Kepler-7 b is a massive world called a hot Jupiter, Kepler-7b was the first exoplanet to have its clouds mapped. (photo: NASA)
- Ice Giant: Discovered in February 2012, Kepler-22 b is a possible ocean world orbiting in the habitable zonethe region around a star where the temperature is right for liquid water, a requirement for life on Earth. (photo: NASA)
- Earth's cousin: Discovered in July 2015, Kepler-452 b is an \"Earth-cousin\" that orbits a star like our sun in the habitable zone, where liquid water could exist. (photo: NASA)
- Gas Giant: Discovered in September 2011, Kepler-16b is a world where two suns set over the horizon instead of just one, the first Tatooine-like planet found in our galaxy. (photo: NASA)
After years of searching, NASA astronomers have successfully in finding over 5,000 exoplanets, planets which orbits another Sun. We have curated a list of six such planets that were discovered by astronomers since 2006. Do note: the images used to depict such planets are artist’s impressions of the planets. (Photo: NASA)
After years of searching, NASA's astronomers have successfully in finding over 5,000 exoplanets.
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