DiscoverSmall Steps, Giant Leaps6,000 Exoplanets and Counting
6,000 Exoplanets and Counting

6,000 Exoplanets and Counting

Update: 2025-09-18
Share

Description

On September 17, 2025, NASA announced that the number of exoplanets, planets outside our solar system, tracked by NASA has reached 6,000. In the three decades since the groundbreaking detection of exoplanet 51 Pegasi b, the first confirmed planet orbiting a Sun-like star, astronomers have concluded that exotic worlds are everywhere.

Comments 
00:00
00:00
x

0.5x

0.8x

1.0x

1.25x

1.5x

2.0x

3.0x

Sleep Timer

Off

End of Episode

5 Minutes

10 Minutes

15 Minutes

30 Minutes

45 Minutes

60 Minutes

120 Minutes

6,000 Exoplanets and Counting

6,000 Exoplanets and Counting

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)