The milestone highlights the accelerating rate of discoveries, just over three decades since the first exoplanets were found. The official number of exoplanets — planets outside our solar system — tracked by NASA has reached 6,000. Confirmed planets are added to the count on a rolling basis by scientists from around the world, so no […]
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Exoplanets, Exoplanet Discoveries, Gas Giant Exoplanets, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Kepler / K2, Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, Neptune-Like Exoplanets, Super-Earth Exoplanets, Terrestrial Exoplanets, TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite), The Search for Life
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September 17, 2025
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