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Caption: This is an artist's rendering of the planetary system of HR 8799 at an early stage in its evolution, showing the planet HR 8799c, as well as a disk of gas and dust, and interior planets.
Credit: Image courtesy of Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics; Mediafarm
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