Photos: Pink Alien Planet Is Smallest Seen with Sun-Like Star

Tuesday, August 6, 2013 - 11:50 in Astronomy & Space

At four times the size of Jupiter, this alien planet may be huge, but it's the smallest photographed around a star like our sun. Bluer than expected, the exoplanet dubbed GJ 504b is likely pinkish to dark magenta in color.

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