The Planetary Zoo

The Planetary Zoo

Michael Summers explores the incredible diversity of exoplanets in this sweeping and inspiring survey from the current issue of Popular Astronomy. Click the image below to read the complete article:  

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Extrasolar Planets and the Cosmic Perspective

Extrasolar Planets and the Cosmic Perspective

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Do there exist many worlds, or is there but a single world? This is one of the most noble and exalted questions in the study of Nature. — St. Albertus Magnus (1206–1280) Take a look at the image in Figure 1. It may not look like much, but the four labeled...

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