Astronomy Picture of the Day · Topic
Exoplanets
29 entries from May 29, 1998 to July 30, 2026. Entries that mention planets orbiting other stars.
How entries are matched: the topic word appears in the title, or at least twice in the explanation. This is an automatic word match, so a few entries may only mention the topic in passing.
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July 30, 2026 Red Sun through Wildfire Smoke
Image Credit and Copyright: Debra Ceravolo
March 14, 2026 A Year for K2-315b
Artist Illustration Credit: NASA Ames/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle, Christine Daniloff, MIT
October 10, 2025 50 Light-years to 51 Pegasi
Image Credit & Copyright: José Rodrigues
August 27, 2025 WISPIT 2b: Exoplanet Carves Gap in Birth Disk
Image Credit: ESO , VLT , SPHERE ; Processing & Copyright: ESO , Richelle van Capelleveen ( Leiden Obs. ) et al. ; Text: Ogetay Kayali ( MTU )
July 8, 2024 Exoplanet Zoo: Other Stars
Illustration Credit & Copyright: Martin Vargic , Halcyon Maps
May 3, 2024 Temperatures on Exoplanet WASP-43b
Illustration Credit: NASA , ESA , CSA , Ralf Crawford ( STScI ) Science: Taylor Bell (BAERI), Joanna Barstow (The Open University), Michael Roman (University of Leicester)
September 20, 2023 Methane Discovered on Distant Exoplanet
Illustration Credit: Ahmad Jabakenji ( ASU Lebanon , North Star Space Art ); Data: NASA , ESA , CSA , JWST
February 1, 2023 The Seventh World of Trappist-1
Illustration Credit & Copyright: Michael Carroll
August 14, 2022 · Video 4000 Exoplanets
Video Credit: SYSTEM Sounds ( M. Russo , A. Santaguida ); Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive
October 9, 2021 50 Light-years to 51 Pegasi
Image Credit & Copyright: Josselin Desmars
August 18, 2020 TYC 8998-760-1: Multiple Planets around a Sun Like Star
Image Credit: ESO , A. Bohn et al.
April 28, 2020 The Kepler-90 Planetary System
Illustration Credit: NASA Ames , Wendy StenzelThumbnails are loaded from their original addresses. Images remain the property of the credited creators.
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2026 (2)
- Jul 30 Red Sun through Wildfire Smoke
- Mar 14 A Year for K2-315b
2025 (2)
2024 (2)
2023 (2)
2022 (1)
- Aug 14 4000 Exoplanets Video
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2021 (1)
2020 (2)
2019 (3)
- Sep 17 Water Vapor Discovered on Distant Exoplanet
- Sep 14 Little Planet to Exoplanets
- Jul 10 4000 Exoplanets Video
2018 (1)
- Apr 21 TESS Launch Close Up
2017 (2)
2016 (1)
- Apr 5 Cancri 55 e: Climate Patterns on a Lava World Video
2015 (1)
- Dec 5 Kepler Orrery IV Video
2014 (2)
2013 (1)
2010 (1)
2009 (1)
2007 (1)
2001 (1)
- Aug 17 The 47 Ursae Majoris System
2000 (1)
- Aug 10 Other Worlds and HD 38529
1998 (1)
- May 29 An Extrasolar Planet?
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Source
- Astronomy Picture of the Day — NASA Science, science.nasa.gov/apod/archive
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