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An artist's impression of a hot Jupiter orbiting close to its star. (CC BY 4.0)

[Photo] Different Types Of Planets

By: Brandon Tao, Journalist

An artist's impression of a hot Jupiter orbiting close to its star. (CC BY 4.0)

This artist’s impression compares the seven planets orbiting the ultra-cool red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 to the Earth at the same scale. New observations, when combined with very sophisticated analysis, have now yielded good estimates of the densities of all seven of the Earth-sized planets and suggest that they are rich in volatile materials, probably water. They are shown to the same scale but not in the correct relative positions.

[Photo] Trappist-1 System

By: Ariana Zepeda Del Cid, Journalist

This artist’s impression compares the seven planets orbiting the ultra-cool red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 to the Earth at the same scale. New observations, when combined with very sophisticated analysis,...

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