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Artist's impression of a giant planet in a protoplanetary disk

The Birth of the Wanderers

How did planets originate? This is a question that has puzzled scientists for centuries, but one which they have been able to tackle directly only in the last few decades, thanks to two major developments: breakthroughs in telescope technology and ever-increasing computing power.

Galilean moons
Space is vast. There's a lot of exploring to do.

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