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Ever since humans started discovering exoplanets--planets that orbit around stars other than the Sun--in 1992, scientists have been hunting for one that's similar to Earth. Exoplanets exist everywhere we look, [...]

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The article offers information related to exoplanets and their extreme characteristics. Topics include the search for Earth-like exoplanets, the extreme conditions on exoplanets like WASP-76 b, HD 189733 b, HD 100546's ambiguous classification, and Kepler-10 b's comparison to the Star Wars planet Mustafar.