May 7, 2022
There are eight planets in our solar system and over 5000 other planets discovered so far orbiting other stars. Many of these planets are gas giants similar to Neptune; however, nearly 200 of them are terrestrial. Learn more about the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission, which is working to detect these exoplanets, visit: https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/tess/
An artistic interpretation of the Kepler-11 solar system. This was the first compact solar system discovered by Kepler – showing that multiple planets can exist within the orbit of Mercury. Image credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech
