Wanted: A name for one of 20 'new' planets — and here's how you could be the one to pick it

One warning though... there are some naming rules so it's definitely not going to be called Planety McPlanetFace!

Researchers believe that GJ 436 b is Neptune-like, meaning it is primarily made of gases rather than metals. Researchers have hypothesised that the planet may be made of an exotic type of water “ice” made hard by pressure rather than temperature. Picture: NASA Source: https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/eyes-on-exoplanets/

International scientists are looking for names for 20 planets and you could be the one to give GJ 367 b or GJ 436 b their real name. 

These are just two of the 20 exoplanets nominated in the NameExoWorlds 2022 campaign. An exoplanet is basically any planet that exists outside our own solar system and there are now more than 5,000 exoplanets known to us.