The study of "exoplanets‚" the sci-fi-sounding name for all planets in the cosmos beyond our own solar system‚ is a fairly new field. Mainly‚ exoplanet researchers like those in the ExoLab at the University of Kansas use data from space-borne telescopes such as the Hubble Space Telescope and Webb Space Telescope. Whenever news headlines offer findings of "Earth-like" planets or planets with the potential to support humanity‚ they're talking about exoplanets within our own Milky Way.