Wednesday 26 December 2012

The Strange Worlds Beyond Our Solar System

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Over the last two decades, astronomers have catalogued around 850 planets outside our Solar System. And the search for worlds orbiting other stars is turning up some weird and wonderful characters. From a scorched gas giant that's darker than coal, to a planet packed with diamond, here are some of the oddballs-in-chief.

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