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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our   
         fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation   
                       written by a professional astronomer.   
      
                                    2024 July 8   
         A graphic illustrates hundreds of possible exoplanets, with blue   
        drawings of planets in the middle, red on the right, and tan on the   
      left. Some exoplanets are drawn with rings. Please see the explanation   
                          for more detailed information.   
      
                            Exoplanet Zoo: Other Stars   
           Illustration Credit & Copyright: Martin Vargic, Halcyon Maps   
      
      Explanation: Do other stars have planets like our Sun? Surely they do,   
      and evidence includes slight star wobbles created by the gravity of   
      orbiting exoplanets and slight star dimmings caused by orbiting planets   
      moving in front. In all, there have now been over 5,500 exoplanets   
      discovered, including thousands by NASA's space-based Kepler and TESS   
      missions, and over 100 by ESO's ground-based HARPS instrument. Featured   
      here is an illustrated guess as to what some of these exoplanets might   
      look like. Neptune-type planets occupy the middle and are colored blue   
      because of blue-scattering atmospheric methane they might contain. On   
      the sides of the illustration, Jupiter-type planets are shown, colored   
      tan and red from the scatterings of atmospheric gases that likely   
      include small amounts of carbon. Interspersed are many Earth-type rocky   
      planets of many colors. As more exoplanets are discovered and   
      investigated, humanity is developing a better understanding of how   
      common Earth-like planets are, and how common life might be in the   
      universe.   
      
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