Pink Planet illustration (IMAGE)

Northwestern University

Pink Planet illustration

Caption

This artistic illustration of the Pink Planet, or GJ504b, orbiting its host star. Astronomers think the object is pink because it's incredibly old (between 2.5 billion and 4 billion years old) and cold.

Credit

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Usage Restrictions

No restrictions.

License

Public Domain

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