File:Artist’s view of an exoplanet inspired by the discovery of Gliese 876 d.jpg

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Description In this artist's conception, the newly discovered planet is shown as a hot, rocky, geologically active world glowing in the deep red light of its nearby parent star, the M dwarf Gliese 876. The heat and the reddish light are among the few things about the new planet that are certain; depending on the thickness and composition of its atmosphere - if any - it could range from being a barren, cratered ball of rock like Mercury or the Moon, to being a featureless, cloud-shrouded cue-ball like Venus.
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Source https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=104243&org=NSF
Author Trent Schindler, National Science Foundation
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Public domain This image is a work of a National Science Foundation employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.

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