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This animation shows an artist’s rendering of a distant solar system similar to own. Two newly discovered planets -- one resembling Jupiter (middle) and one resembling Saturn (middle right) -- orbit a star that is about half the size of our sun. The light from a more distant star (upper right) made the discovery possible, as it brightened and dimmed through a phenomenon called gravitational microlensing. Ohio State University astronomers led an international collaboration that published the discovery in the February 15 issue of the journal Science. Animation courtesy of Cheongho Han and colleagues at the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute.