exoplanet
noun
exo·plan·et
ˈek-sō-ˌpla-nət 
ˌek-sō-ˈpla-
: a planet orbiting a star that is not our sun
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Scientists can draw on it to identify and study 100,000 exoplanets, hundreds of millions of galaxies, billions of stars, and rare objects and phenomena — including some that astronomers have never witnessed before.
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 June 2026
Now, Eternia is very much unlike any exoplanet scientists have ever discovered.
—Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 5 June 2026
Searching For 100,000 New Worlds Scientists expect the mission to identify around 100,000 new planets, a dramatic increase over the nearly 6,300 exoplanets discovered to date.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 2 June 2026
Then in February, a renowned Caltech astronomer who studied distant exoplanets named Carl Grillmair was shot and killed outside his home near LA.
—Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 23 Apr. 2026
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 June 2026
Now, Eternia is very much unlike any exoplanet scientists have ever discovered.
—Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 5 June 2026
Searching For 100,000 New Worlds Scientists expect the mission to identify around 100,000 new planets, a dramatic increase over the nearly 6,300 exoplanets discovered to date.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 2 June 2026
Then in February, a renowned Caltech astronomer who studied distant exoplanets named Carl Grillmair was shot and killed outside his home near LA.
—Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 23 Apr. 2026
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“Exoplanet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exoplanet. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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