Planets by the Dozen

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Artist T. Rieckens concept of planets orbiting a distant sun-like star.
Artist T. Riecken's concept of planets orbiting a distant sun-like star.

You know the planets of our solar system, each a unique world with its own distinctive appearance, size, and chemistry. Mars, with its bitter-cold, rusty red sands; Venus, a fiery world shrouded in thick clouds of sulfuric acid; sideways Uranus and its strange vertical rings. The variety is breathtaking.


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