This artist's concept depicts an itsy bitsy planetary system -- so compact, in fact, that it's more like Jupiter and its moons than a star and its planets. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
This chart compares the smallest known exoplanets, or planets orbiting outside the solar system, to our own planets Mars and Earth. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
This artist's conception compares the KOI-961 planetary system to Jupiter and the largest four of its many moons. Image Credit: Caltech
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