Sep 28, 2024, 06:26 AM IST

8 astonishing pics of exoplanets discovered by NASA

Pravrajya Suruchi

Kepler-186f: The first Earth-sized exoplanet found in the habitable zone of another star, located about 500 light-years away.

Kepler-22b: The first confirmed planet in the habitable zone of a sun-like star, situated around 620 light-years from Earth.

TRAPPIST-1 System: This system contains seven Earth-sized planets, three of which are in the habitable zone, located about 40 light-years away.

HR 5183b – the planet with the strangest orbit

HD 209458 b: Also known as "Osiris," it's one of the first exoplanets discovered to transit its star, located about 159 light-years away.

WASP-12b – puffed up planet in a death spiral

HD 189773b – where it rains glass sideways

TOI 849 b – a world stripped bare

This information is not DNA's opinion but obtained from NASA.