Jan 18, 2024 · Internet user Anthony Hackett has compiled a list of the most mysterious and weird exoplanets—planets outside our solar system. Other internet users have also jumped in and extended the list with possibly habitable planets .

Feb 13, 2025 · Since the discovery of the first exoplanets in the 1990s, all manner of the weirdest and most wonderful worlds have been found orbiting stars beyond our Solar System. Who wouldn’t want to leave Earth for the promise of an interplanetary trip to a strange exoplanet?

Jan 20, 2022 · From worlds that rain iron and glass to diamond worlds and planets that have escaped the grip of their parent stars, our burgeoning exoplanet catalog demonstrates that our own solar system...

Oct 1, 2024 · Beyond our solar system, countless alien worlds of lava, ice, water and noxious gas swirl through the cosmos. Here are some of the strangest exoplanets that scientists have discovered so far.

Oct 25, 2024 · Here are a few of our favorites. Discovered 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.

Space keeps outdoing our wildest sci-fi fantasies. Right now, planets with oceans of molten diamonds, storms of glass shards, and skies of vaporized metal float through our galaxy. Scientists have found these real worlds using powerful telescopes and clever detection methods.

Aug 9, 2024 · I’m sure you can imagine some weird scenarios, but how weird are we talking about? What exactly have we found in regard to alien worlds? Let’s check out 10 of the coolest exoplanets that have been discovered including lava worlds, ice …

1 day ago · What Makes Exoplanets So Strange? Astronomers Image Lowest-mass Exoplanet Around a Sun-like Star. Image via Openverse. Exoplanets have captivated the scientific community since the first one was confirmed in 1992. Unlike the well-behaved planets of our own solar system, exoplanets often challenge our understanding of planetary formation and ...

Feb 1, 2025 · Vote up the weird planets that have you wondering what else is out there. According to the International Space Station (ISS) and NASA, more than 5,000 exoplanets have been discovered and confirmed in the last few decades. But this is only the tip of the iceberg.

1 day ago · The first exoplanet, or planet beyond our solar system, was discovered in the 1990s. Since then, more than 5,000 exoplanets ― an abbreviation of “extrasolar planets” ― have been confirmed around stars in our Milky Way galaxy. For a long time, scientists thought that other planetary systems were likely to resemble our own.