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Ogling Distant Stars
Far out: 5,000 light years from Earth, the Jupiter-like planet called OGLE-TR-56b orbits its star every 29 hours. It has been described as "a world of iron rain," by astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
Credit: David A. Aguilar, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
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Image of animation of microlensing event, OGLE 2003-BLG-235.
Credit: Bohdan Paczynski, Princeton University
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