Exoplanets

Exoplanets are planets beyond our Solar System. Thousands have been discovered using missions like Kepler and TESS.

Interesting Categories

• Super-Earths — rocky but larger than Earth
• Hot Jupiters — giant planets extremely close to their star
• Rogue planets — not orbiting any star

Possibility of Life

Some exoplanets lie in the "habitable zone" — where liquid water could exist.