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John William Tuohy lives in Washington DC

This is amazing: There are more than 5,000 worlds beyond our solar system

 


We now know that are at least 5,000 confirmed planets beyond our solar system. They are called (By NASA) “exoplanets”

Scientists have found planets that orbit more than one star and even some around the remnants of dead stars called white dwarfs.

So far, of the confirmed exoplanets, 30% are gas giants, 31% are super-Earths, and 35% are Neptune-like. Just 4% are terrestrial, or rocky planets like Earth or Mars.

The weather on this exoplanet includes metal clouds and rain made of precious gems

Many are super-Earth and sub-Neptune planets, along with some hot Jupiter-size planets. There are also two Earth-size planets, but they're about 620 degrees Fahrenheit (327 degrees Celsius).

One has a system with five planets orbiting a small, cool red dwarf star -- not unlike the TRAPPIST-1 system, where a similar star hosts seven rocky planets.

Of the 5,000 exoplanets known, 4,900 are located within a few thousand light-years of us.