The US space agency will hold a press conference on Wednesday, February 22, to discuss a major discovery from beyond our solar system.

NASA says it has important details to discuss regarding exoplanets beyond our galactic neighbourhood, but left much to the imagination with its brief press release.

New findings will be presented “on planets that orbit stars other than our sun, known as exoplanets”, but did not elaborate.

Exoplanets are constantly being discovered, including an announcement last week that 60 more had been found.

The NASA press conference on Wednesday will NOT be an announcement of the discovery of extraterrestrial life. They have detected an extrasolar planet in the so-called 'goldilocks zone' with indications of water, oxygen, and methane in its atmosphere. That's all folks. To read more, click here.