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Here's what we know about the real alien planet inspiring 'Pluribus'

In Apple TV’s Pluribus, a faint radio signal from deep space reshapes humanity, and the source, astronomers learn, is Kepler-22b, a world that exists far beyond our solar system. During episode 8, ...

Webb Space Telescope Reveals Rare Planet Pair That Shouldn’t Exist

Credit: Kamalika Chakraborty A bizarre pair of planets 190 light-years away is forcing astronomers to rethink how planetary ...
Science Daily

Powerful AI finds 100+ hidden planets in NASA data including rare and extreme worlds

Astronomers have unleashed a powerful new AI tool called RAVEN to comb through data from NASA’s TESS mission—and it’s paying ...
Space.com

Real NASA space telescope data creates soundtracks for Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has transformed new telescope views of Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus from this month's "planetary parade" into striking soundscapes — capturing everything from Jupiter's ...
New Scientist

How to see six planets in the sky at once in rare celestial alignment

Nearly all of the planets in the solar system are about to march through the night sky in a single-file line. This planetary alignment, sometimes called a planet parade, will include all of the solar ...
AOL

Here's what we know about the real alien planet inspiring 'Pluribus'

Astronomers do not have a photo of Kepler-22b, but they used the so-called 'transit method' to detect it from 640 light-years away. - NASA / Ames / JPL-Caltech illustration In Apple TV’s Pluribus, a ...