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The timelapse was put together with the support of 12 years of observation and shows the exoplanets as dots of light circling a black disk. Although the planets appear to be harmless fireflies, they are really massive gas giants described as'scaled up versions' of Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Uranus. The disk is the star HR8799, which along with its four worlds became the first system of its kind to be seen by scientists when it was first announced by scientists in 2008. Ever since then, Northwestern University astronomer Jason Wang has been studying the planetary system and has now put together a time-lapse video of his research.