Exoplanets: Teegarden's Star b

• Planet: Teegarden's Star b
• Sequence: 24
• Saved image path: My-Library/Images/Collections/Exoplanets/Images/Exoplanets_24-Teegardens-Star-b.png
• Model: built-in gpt-image
• Generation date: 2026-07-23

Planet Profile

• Planet type: Rocky terrestrial planet
• Host star: Ultra-cool red dwarf
• Minimum mass: ~1.05 Earth masses
• Habitable-zone candidate
• One of the nearest potentially habitable exoplanets
• Atmosphere: Unknown

Environment

• Gravity: Earth-like
• Light: Very dim crimson
• Surface: Rocky
• Climate: Potentially temperate

Creature Design Direction

A compact burrowing omnivore with oversized digging claws, abrasion-resistant dark skin, reduced protected eyes and elaborate tactile whisker arrays, adapted to an intricate subterranean ecology under extremely dim red-dwarf light.

Planet / Habitat Depicted

The creature emerges from a branching burrow eroded through layered rust-red and charcoal rock. Fine dust spills from its claws while tunnel chambers, mineral seams, sparse mat-like life, a wind-scoured plain and a dim crimson horizon establish a rocky, potentially temperate world.

Sources

• Data provided in the collection plan (Prompts/generate-exoplanets-collection.md); measurements are from published exoplanet catalogs. No web research performed for this collection.

Final Prompt Used

Create a scientifically plausible alien creature from Teegarden’s Star b. Core seed: “A burrowing alien from Teegarden's Star b, Earth-sized rocky world beneath dim crimson skies, compact body, oversized digging claws, sensitive whisker arrays, emerging from an intricate underground tunnel system, realistic xenobiology artwork.” Show a compact low-slung non-humanoid omnivore with reinforced shoulders, shovel-like claws, dark abrasion-resistant hide, reduced protected eyes and pale tactile whiskers, half-emerged from a branching tunnel in layered rust-red and charcoal rock. Reveal chambers and pale fungal or lichen analogues through natural erosion, not a diagram. Show dust, scrape marks, displaced pebbles, sparse dark mats, a wind-scoured plain, very dim crimson sky, long soft shadows and cold horizon haze. Realistic natural-history field-guide scientific illustration, documentary lighting, one unified 3:2 landscape, 1536x1024; creature and rocky habitat are co-equal. No text, logos, real people, humanoid anatomy, technology, separate planet sphere, moons, fantasy ornament, watermark or border.