Welcome to DIY Planet Search. YOU are about to take part in one of the most exciting fields of science–the search for other worlds! Using the MicroObservatory Telescope Network that you control online, you´ll take your own images of distant solar systems, interpret and share the data you gather, and become part of a community of planet hunters!

Since the first extrasolar planet was discovered in the 1990s, new planets have been detected at an accelerating pace. Most of those discovered to date are much larger than Earth, closer to their stars, and therefore fiery, uninhabitable places known as Hot Jupiters. Watch this introduction from Exoplanet Researcher Mercedes López-Morales to learn how DIY Planet Search enables you to detect Hot Jupiters for yourself!

First confirmed exoplanet

51 Pegasi b is the first confirmed exoplanet around a 'Sun-like' star, discovered in 1995.

Darkest Exoplanet

TrES-2 b is the darkest known exoplanet. You can observe this system with the DIYTools!

First Transit Detection

The first exoplanet discovered by the transit method is HD 209458 b in 1999.

Water Detected

Water was first detected in the exoplanet atmosphere of WASP-121 b in 2017.

Shortest 'Year'

SWIFT J1756.9-2508 b orbits its star (a pulsar) in only 48 minutes, 56.5 seconds!

Habitable Zone

Water was first detected in the exoplanet atmosphere of WASP-121b in 2017.

Most Planets

The Kepler-90 stellar system has the most planets, eight!

Closest Exoplanets

The closest exoplanets to us are Proxima Centauri b & c. They are only 4.22 light years away!