--- title: NASA Exoplanet Discovery Announcement: Watch Live description: NASA on Wednesday will make a major announcement about a new discovery it made “beyond our solar system” canonical: https://time.com/4678451/nasa-exoplanets-announcement-livestream/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-22T15:20:41.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T10:44:46.326Z article:section: Science og:title: Watch Live: NASA Makes a Major Announcement About a New Space Discovery og:description: It plans to unveil new findings on exoplanets og:url: https://time.com/4678451/nasa-exoplanets-announcement-livestream/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd8c536dde112495f/6988bb4e0b72e33e646ecb65/solar-system-planets.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: This image is an un-annotated version of the Photo-journal Home Page graphic released in October 2007. 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As this graphic was intended to be used as a navigation aid in searching for data within the Photo-journal, certain artistic embellishments have been added (color, location, etc.). Several data sets from various planetary and astronomy missions were combined to create this image. This image is an un-annotated version of the Photo-journal Home Page graphic released in October 2007\. This digital collage contains a highly stylized rendition of our solar system and points beyond. As this graphic was intended to be used as a navigation aid in searching for data within the Photo-journal, certain artistic embellishments have been added (color, location, etc.). Several data sets from various planetary and astronomy missions were combined to create this image. NASA  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Feb 22, 2017 3:20 PM UTC NASA on Wednesday will [make a major announcement](https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-to-host-news-conference-on-discovery-beyond-our-solar-system) about a new discovery it made “beyond our solar system.” The national space agency said in a news advisory that it plans to unveil new findings on [exoplanets](http://time.com/3654745/exoplanets-earth-life/), which are planets that orbit other stars outside of our solar system rather than the sun. NASA said it will host a news conference at 1 p.m. EST. It will then release details of the discovery in the journal [_Nature_](http://www.nature.com/nature/index.html). 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