Artist's Impression of Planets in a Dense Star Cluster (IMAGE)

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Artist's Impression of Planets in a Dense Star Cluster

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In the star cluster NGC 6811, astronomers have found two planets smaller than Neptune orbiting sun-like stars.

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Michael Bachofner

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