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Credit: Trent Schindler, National Science Foundation.</figcaption></figure> <div class="wp-block-group has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"> <h4 class="wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color"><a href="https://www.astronomy.com/science/exoplanets/">Exoplanets</a></h4> <p class="has-black-color has-text-color">Our cosmos is filled with countless bizarre worlds around other stars.</p> <p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-small-font-size wp-elements-467466713b1a951e8406ac29ed159190"><a href="https://www.astronomy.com/science/exoplanets/">Explore Topic</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"> <div class="wp-block-group block-tile is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://www.astronomy.com/science/alien-life/"><img decoding="async" width="600" height="450" src="https://www.astronomy.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/211802main_titan-artistconcept-hires.jpg?w=600" alt="" class="wp-image-92163" srcset="https://www.astronomy.com/uploads/2023/02/211802main_titan-artistconcept-hires.jpg 600w, https://www.astronomy.com/uploads/2023/02/211802main_titan-artistconcept-hires-300x225.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">An artist’s imagination of hydrocarbon pools, icy and rocky terrain on the surface of Saturn’s largest moon. 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