Artist's impression of a hot Jupiter (IMAGE)

University of Arizona

Artist's impression of a hot Jupiter

Caption

This artist’s impression shows a hot Jupiter planet orbiting close to one of the stars in the rich old star cluster Messier 67, located between 2,500 and 3,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Cancer (The Crab).

Credit

ESO/L. Calçada

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License

CC BY

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