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Astronomy

Exoplanets: Planets Beyond Our Solar System

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The first exoplanets were discovered in 1992 orbiting a pulsar, not a Sun-like star—challenging initial assumptions about where planets could form.

Why this is interesting

Every star you see in the night sky may host its own family of planets. How do we know these distant worlds exist, and what strange environments might they hold?