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Todd Suomela on 18 Feb 09"At the heart of the problem is the fascinating question: why are all the planets different? The ones in our solar system ought to have formed out of the same stuff at more or less the same time and yet no two are alike. And now the extrasolar planets seem to be demonstrating a similar variety."