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Five confirmed planets orbit the star 55 Cancri. This is the closest astronomers have come to date in finding a solar system that resembles our own. Shown here close up is the outermost world with a hypothetical icy moon. The other four planets are shown as tiny spheres on both sides of their parent star.		55 Cancri 2007
HD46375 b		HD46375b has about 80% the mass of Saturn and is located in the constellation Monoceros. A ring particle appears close up. In the distance are an M dwarf star and the Rosette Nebula.
HD16141 b and Moon		At 70 percent the mass of Saturn, HD16141b is the smallest extrasolar planet discovered yet. Its moon is a parched 1530 degrees Fahrenheit.
	Transit of HD209458 HD209458b is the first extrasolar planet discovered by two methods: from the wobble of its star and by observing a dip in the star's light as the planet passed in front of its star.
The Upsilon Andromedae System The first planetary system ever found around a normal star consists of three planets in orbit around Upsilon Andromedae.
Upsilon Andromedae b This innermost planet of the Upsilon Andromedae System may be tidally locked, with one side facing the star at all times. Gases heated by the star stream from the substellar point to the dark side of the planet.
	iota Horologii b and Moons iota Horologii b follows an Earth-like orbit around a young star. The planetary system is full of debris that bombards the planet. A hypothetical satellite, smaller than Earth and shown at the bottom, has not yet cooled and still has active volcanoes.
Planet Ingestion in the HD 82943 System HD 82943 is a solar-type star in the constellation Hydra found to contain a significant amount of lithium-6, inferring that it swallowed one or more large planets during its history. Shown here are the star and infalling planet - which forms a comet-like tail as it crashes into the stellar atmosphere - from the vantage point of a moon orbiting a second planet.

	HD168443 System An unusual system is around the sun-like star HD168443. It is orbited by both a massive planet and another bulkier object of 17 - 40 Jupiter masses. Whether this bulky companion is a planet, a dim failed star called a brown dwarf, or some as-yet unidentified astronomical object is unclear.
	HD168443 c and Moons An alternate scenario to the view above is that moons orbiting the outer companion at HD168443 could cause tidal heating to occur, partially melting existing ice on one of these satellites. The moon at the upper left has the coloration of Io, indicating active volcanism.

Tau Boötes b This planet orbits the 4.5-magnitude star Tau Bo�tes. It has a minimum mass of 3.87 Jupiters and a 3.3-day orbit.
47 Ursae Majoris b and Moon 47 Ursae Majoris b may have a moon with frozen water. Lightning can be seen on the dark side of the planet.
The 47 Ursae Majoris System Observations at Lick Observatory have identified two Jupiter-like planets orbiting the star 47 Ursae Majoris. Earth-like planets might exist around 47 Ursae Majoris in its habitable zone.
70 Virginis b and Moons		This Jupiter-like planet may have moons with liquid water the temperature of hot tea.
	16 Cygni B Planet & Moon I Due to this planet's eccentric orbit, if a satellite of this planet had water at one time, the water would have existed as ice during part of its orbit around the star. As it neared the star the ice would have heated up, melted, and vaporized, forming a comet-like tail.
	16 Cygni B Planet & Moon II Should this planet's moon have had water, that water would have been lost over eons of orbits around its star. In this image there is still a polar ice cap and some frost on the ground. Dry riverbeds and channels can be seen too.

HD38529 System HD38529 is a star located 137 light years away in the constellation Orion. The confirmed 0.77 Jupiter mass planet whips around its star in 14.3 days at an average distance of 0.13 AU. The moon close up has icy sheets and ridges similar to those found on Europa and a thin atmosphere.
HD177830 b and Moon		HD177830 b is a 1.28 Jupiter mass planet orbiting the K0 star HD177830. This planet is likely to be within its habitable zone. A moon found here could have liquid water and look similar to our own home world.
	HD222582 b and Moon The planet orbiting this G3 star has one of the most eccentric planet orbits known to date. The 576-day orbit takes it from 0.39 AU to 2.31 AU from its star. The water on this world's satellite, if one exists, goes through seasonal periods of melting and refreezing.
Gliese 876 b Gliese 876 is a red dwarf star. The planet found nearby has a mass of 2.1 Jupiters and an orbital period of 60.9 days. The planet and star are seen from a possible moon.
Gliese 876 System Three planets orbit Gliese 876. The two outermost worlds are eternally locked in sync, with periods of 60 and 30 days. They gravitationally shepherd one another to maintain this synchrony.
HD217107 b A metal rich, solar mass star warms this planet of 1.28 Jupiter masses. Its orbital period is 7 days.
HD187123 b		HD 187123 b has an orbit of just 3.097 days and half of a Jupiter mass. At one time it was thought that close-in planets would look blue.
	HD195019 b Located in the constellation Delphinus, the planet around HD195019 resides 0.14 AU from its host star and circuits the star once every 18.3 days.

Epsilon Eridani b and Moons Epsilon Eridani, a star only 10.5 light-years away and visible near Orion's Belt, is known to have one Jupiter-like planet. A frozen lunar landscape shimmers at the bottom, in contrast to the hot volcanic moon closer in toward the planet's rings. In the distance glows the zodiacal light. The dust ring encircling Epsilon Eridani forms an arc at the top.

	Pulsar Planets I PSR 1257+12 has three confirmed planets, discovered by Alex Wolszczan before planets were ever discovered around sunlike stars. The pulsar�s radiation regularly sweeps over the planet, energizing its atmosphere, causing auroras, and bathing it in an eerie green light.
	Pulsar Planets II The extreme radiation from a pulsar might excite ions on orbiting planets to the point of creating a bright blue glow and causing materials on the surface to fluoresce, just as minerals glow under black light. The excited ions also form a tail behind the distant planets.
Lalande 21185 System Two Jupiter-like planets may be orbiting Lalande 21185, a red dwarf star just 8.25 light-years away. From the surface of a hypothetical moon we can see both planets and their star.
51 Pegasi 51 Pegasi b was the first extrasolar planet discovered around a sun-like star.
Rho Coronae Borealis b This planet of 1.1 Jupiter masses has a 39.6-day orbit around a sun-like star. It is located in the constellation Corona Borealis.
HD 114762 b		Sometimes classified as a brown dwarf, this large planet of 11 Jupiter masses orbits a yellowish main-sequence star that lies in the constellation Coma Berenices.
	Binary Red Dwarf Star System A planet existing in the habitable zone of a binary red dwarf star system could look similar to this one. Clouds originate at the substellar point and radiate toward the dark side of the planet. The polar cap is on the dark side. An asteroid passes by in the foreground.

Cosmic Awakening This symbolizes the symbiotic relationship between nature and technology. Radio signals from an intelligent civilization elsewhere in the universe can exist only if that life form has learned to coexist with its environment long enough to establish radio technology.
DNA Galaxy A spiral galaxy metamorphoses into the DNA double helix. Chemical structures and chromosomes are visible near this structure, symbolic of life in space.
	Seeking Intelligent Life in the Milky Way A radio telescope listens for sounds from space sent by intelligent beings elsewhere in the Milky Way galaxy.
The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence		This represents the state-of-the-art technology used to detect radio signals from intelligent life elsewhere in the cosmos.
In honor of the knowledge gained and discoveries made by radio telescopes on the home planet Earth, a design was chosen similar to the 85-foot antenna at Green Bank, West Virginia.		Legacy In a future era of space travel and colonization, humankind has settled on the satellite of a Jupiter-like planet. A large telescope has been constructed on the floor of a shallow crater so that research in radio astronomy might continue.

Galaxy Puzzle

This image represents the puzzle scientists are trying to solve regarding the dark matter in the universe.

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