In about thirty years we have gone from knowing of no planets beyond the Sun to confirming more than 6,000, and the biggest surprise is that the most common type of planet in the galaxy is one our own solar system does not contain

1.0United States News Beep | NewsBeep.comhttps://www.newsbeep.com/usNEWSBEEPhttps://www.newsbeep.com/us/author/newsbeep/In about thirty years we have gone from knowing of no planets beyond the Sun to confirming more than 6,000, and the biggest surprise is that the most common type of planet in the galaxy is one our own solar system does not containrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Pulc1KIUfn"><a href="https://www.newsbeep.com/us/801204/">In about thirty years we have gone from knowing of no planets beyond the Sun to confirming more than 6,000, and the biggest surprise is that the most common type of planet in the galaxy is one our own solar system does not contain</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.newsbeep.com/us/801204/embed/#?secret=Pulc1KIUfn" width="600" height="338" title="“In about thirty years we have gone from knowing of no planets beyond the Sun to confirming more than 6,000, and the biggest surprise is that the most common type of planet in the galaxy is one our own solar system does not contain” — United States News Beep | NewsBeep.com" data-secret="Pulc1KIUfn" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.newsbeep.com/us/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://www.newsbeep.com/us/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/exoplanet-768x401.png600313