NASA Confirms Over 6,000 Exoplanets

NASA 確認系外行星數量已超過 6,000 顆

更新於: 2026年9月15日 下午02:09

On September 17, 2025, NASA officially announced a historic achievement: the number of confirmed exoplanets—planets orbiting stars beyond our own Sun—has surpassed 6,000.

2025年9月17日,美國國家航空暨太空總署(NASA)正式宣布了一項歷史性的成就:已證實的系外行星數量已突破6,000顆。

nounNASA
verbannounce
adjectivehistoric
nounexoplanet
verborbit

The pace of discovery has been staggering; while it took until 2022 to reach 5,000 planets, scientists identified the next 1,000 in only three years.

發現的速度令人瞠目結舌;儘管直到2022年才達到5,000顆行星,但科學家僅用三年時間就識別出隨後的1,000顆。

adjectivestaggering
nounscientist

This database, maintained by the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute, tracks an incredible variety of worlds, ranging from massive 'hot Jupiters' to rocky super-Earths.

此資料庫由NASA系外行星科學研究所維護,追蹤了各式各樣令人驚嘆的世界,範圍從巨大的「熱木星」到岩石質的超級地球。

nounNASA

With future missions like the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope on the horizon, our understanding of the universe is set to expand faster than ever before.

隨著南西·格蕾絲·羅曼太空望遠鏡(Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope)等未來任務即將展開,我們對宇宙的理解將比以往任何時候都擴展得更快。

nounfuture
verbexpand
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How many confirmed exoplanets did NASA announce on September 17, 2025?

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Over 6,000

How long did it take for scientists to find 1,000 new exoplanets after reaching the 5,000 mark in 2022?

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About three years

What is the primary focus of the current 'era of characterization' in exoplanet science?

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Understanding the composition, atmospheres, and potential habitability of worlds

What happens to the 8,000 candidate planets mentioned in the text?

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They are awaiting further observation and verification

Which institution maintains the NASA Exoplanet Archive?

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The NASA Exoplanet Science Institute (NExScI) at Caltech’s IPAC

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