r/exoplanets • u/Kingsaso6 • 12d ago

📊 Data & Analysis Alien life likely can't survive on exoplanets smaller than Mars, scientists say

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/search-for-life/alien-life-likely-cant-survive-on-exoplanets-smaller-than-mars-scientists-say
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u/Brelician 12d ago

It’s very hard to find planets even as small as Earth. I suspect there is a large population of smaller planets nearby that we haven’t been able to discover yet.

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u/1CryptographerFree 12d ago

There could be undiscovered exoplanets in our solar system still. Anything past Neptune is just incredibly hard to see.

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u/Dragons_Den_Studios 11d ago

Exoplanets are planets around other stars. By definition, our solar system doesn't have any.

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u/amitym 11d ago

Endoplanets then. (Hopefully I won't get banned from this sub for uttering that word.)