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Are there any planets outside of our solar system?

  • Written by Jean-Luc Margot, Professor of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles
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Are there any planets outside of our solar system? - Eli W., age 8, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

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