Take a Look at These Stunning New Exoplanet Infographics

"Icy and Rocky Worlds" is a new exoplanet infographic from Martin Vargic, an artist and space enthusiast from Slovakia. It's available as a wall poster on his website. Image Credit and Copyright: Martin Vargic.

“On the rare occasions I got to see a clear sky and the Milky Way I was astounded by the sheer amount of stars,” Vargic told Universe Today. “With the help of scientific models and up-to-date information, this poster attempts to artistically visualize together over 1100 known exoplanets of all the different types we have discovered so far, arranged by the amount of heat they receive from their stars, comparing their relative sizes and providing a window to how they might look like,” Vargic explains onThe poster shows exoplanets in all their weird and wonderful forms. It shows PSR-B1620-26b, the oldest known exoplanet.

You can’t miss WASP-12b on “The Exoplanet Zoo.” It’s so close to its star that it’s warped into an egg shape. Image Credit and Copyright: Martin Vargic.

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