A planet outside the solar system

Hidden planet discovered: new hope for finding extraterrestrial life?

Hidden planet discovered: new hope for finding extraterrestrial life?

HD 20794 d, a planet just 20 light-years away, is in the habitable zone of its star system. Could it support life?
An artist's rendering of the Tao Seti system. Image: University of Hertfordshire

The Dust Ring of Neighbors / Ken Croswell

A planet from another galaxy (right) and its star (left), the yellowish star HIP 13044 in the lower right and its planet HIP 13044 b. This solar system is a remnant of a dwarf galaxy that was engulfed by the Milky Way billions of years ago. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada

A planet without a galaxy

Artist's impression of the planet WASP-12b being devoured by its parent star. Image: NASA, European Space Agency and J. Bacon of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI).

Hubble observed the sun "eating" the planet surrounding it