How are stars and planets beyond our solar system found?

Exoplanets are planets beyond our own solar system. Thousands have been discovered in the past two decades, mostly with NASA's Kepler Space Telescope. These worlds come in a huge variety of sizes and orbits. Some are gigantic planets hugging close to their parent stars; others are icy, some rocky. read more

NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), which will scan the skies to look for planets beyond our solar system—known as exoplanets—is now in Florida to begin preparations for launch in April. read more

Inspiring views of our solar system and beyond. 10 Things: Great Shots A system of at least five exoplanets has been discovered by citizen scientists through a project called Exoplanet Explorers. read more