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Take a virtual trip to an alien world

NASA’s Exoplanet Travel Bureau is open for virtual visitors

exoplanet travel posters

BON VOYAGE  NASA’s tongue-in-cheek Exoplanet Travel Bureau offers virtual trips to exotic planets around other stars.

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By Lisa Grossman

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