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2. Alien Planet - Wikipedia

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   Alien Planet is a 2005 docufiction TV special created for the Discovery Channel. Based on the 1990 book Expedition by the artist and writer Wayne Barlowe, Alien Planet explores the imagined extraterrestrial life of the fictional planet Darwin IV in the style of a nature documentary. Although closely following Barlowe's depiction of Darwin IV ...

3. 55 Cancri e - Wikipedia

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   55 Cancri e (abbreviated 55 Cnc e, also known as Janssen / ˈdʒænsən /) is an exoplanet orbiting a Sun -like host star, 55 Cancri A. The mass of the exoplanet is about eight Earth masses and its diameter is about twice that of the Earth. [3] 55 Cancri e was discovered on 30 August 2004, thus making it the first super-Earth discovered around ...

4. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

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   Box office. $6.3 million [ 2 ] The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, often shortened to Buckaroo Banzai, is a 1984 American adventure science fiction comedy film produced and directed by W. D. Richter and written by Earl Mac Rauch. It stars Peter Weller in the title role, with Ellen Barkin, John Lithgow, Jeff Goldblum, and ...

5. HD 189733 b - Wikipedia

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   HD 189733 b is an exoplanet in the constellation of Vulpecula approximately 64.5 light-years (19.8 parsecs) away [7] from the Solar System. Astronomers in France discovered the planet orbiting the star HD 189733 on October 5, 2005, by observing its transit across the star's face. [1] With a mass 11.2% higher than that of Jupiter and a radius 11 ...

6. Solaris (novel) - Wikipedia

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   PG7158.L392 Z53 1985. Solaris is a 1961 science fiction novel by Polish writer Stanisław Lem. It follows a crew of scientists on a research station as they attempt to understand an extraterrestrial intelligence, which takes the form of a vast ocean on the titular alien planet. The novel is one of Lem's best-known works.

7. Wayne Barlowe - Wikipedia

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   Science fiction and fantasy painting. Wayne Douglas Barlowe is an American science fiction and fantasy writer, painter, and concept artist. Barlowe's work focuses on esoteric landscapes and creatures such as citizens of hell and alien worlds. [1] He has painted over 300 books, magazine covers and illustrations for many major book publishers, as ...

8. GJ 1214 b - Wikipedia

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   The actual color of Enaiposha is not yet known. GJ 1214 b (sometimes Gliese 1214 b, [ 6 ] also named Enaiposha since 2023 [ 2 ]) is an exoplanet that orbits the star GJ 1214, and was discovered in December 2009. Its parent star is 48 light-years from the Sun, in the constellation Ophiuchus. As of 2017, GJ 1214 b is the most likely known ...

9. Exoplanet - Wikipedia

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   So, a planet with a low albedo that is close to its star can appear brighter than a planet with a high albedo that is far from the star. [126] The darkest known planet in terms of geometric albedo is TrES-2b, a hot Jupiter that reflects less than 1% of the light from its star, making it less reflective than coal or black acrylic paint. Hot ...