6,000 Exoplanets and Counting
Episode 162 of the Small Steps, Giant Leaps podcast, hosted by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), titled "6,000 Exoplanets and Counting" was published on September 18, 2025 and runs 22 minutes.
September 18, 2025 ·22m · Small Steps, Giant Leaps
Summary
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.
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