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    Exoplanets

    An artist's illustration of exoplanet WASP-12b. Credit: NASA/ESA/G. Bacon
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    9 of the weirdest exoplanets in the Universe

    What happens when a planet orbits two stars at once? Credit: Rastan/istock/getty images
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    What happens when exoplanets orbit two stars at once?

    An artist's impression of exoplanet HD 209458b. Credit: NASA/European Space Agency/Alfred Vidal-Madjar (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, CNRS)
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    Twenty Worlds: interview with exoplanet astronomer Niall Deacon

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    Imperfect timing: transits can point to potential moons like Kepler-1625b-i . Credit: NASA/ESA/L. Hustak
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    Exomoons: the next step in exoplanet science

    The very first direct image of a Sun-like star - TYC 8998-760-1 - with two gas giant planets in orbit around it. The image was captured using the Very Large Telescope. Credit: ESO/Bohn et al.
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    Gas giant exoplanets imaged orbiting a Sun-like star

    Could there be life on exoplanet KOI-456.04? Credit: EnricoAgostoni
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    Earth-sized exoplanet found hiding around Sun-like star

    An artist's impression of Earth-like exoplanet Kepler-186f. Credit: NASA
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    Earth-like exoplanets may be more common than thought

    Astronomer Dr Savannah Jacklin. Backdrop: an artist's impression of the WFIRST telescope in operation. Credit: Savannah Jacklin / NASA
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    Interview How the WFIRST telescope will search for exoplanets

    Artist's concept of a Jupiter-mass exoplanet orbiting the nearby star Epsilon Eridani. Credit: NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon (STScI)
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    How the Hubble Space Telescope is used to study exoplanets

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    An artist’s impression of what each of the the TRAPPIST-1 planets might look like, based on available data about their sizes, masses and orbital distances. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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    Seeking out new worlds: a guide to the latest exoplanet-hunting missions

    Cloud City, as seen in the Lego Star Wars series. Copyright: Disney XD / Getty Images. Used with permission.
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    How realistic are Star Wars planets?

    The NEID instrument, mounted on the 3.5-meter WIYN telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory. Credit: NSF's National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory/KPNO/NSF/AURA
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    Interview How NASA-funded NEID instrument will weigh exoplanets

    An artist's rendering of hot Jupiter exoplanet KELT-9b, the hottest known exoplanet. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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    Hottest exoplanet discovered causes molecular hydrogen meltdown

    What type of life could there be on an exoplanet? Credit: MPRIV/iStock/Getty Images
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    Could an exoplanet’s atmosphere indicate the presence of life?

    Willy Benz, Principal Investigator of the CHEOPS spacecraft. Credit: SPACE/UNIBE/Alessandro Della Bella
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    Interview How ESA's CHEOPS mission will study exoplanets

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