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Caption: Figure 5.
The earliest detected cluster in our simulation, at a terraformed ratio of 0.04. This is a projection of 3D planet locations in the 2D X–Y plane, and the earliest time step where we detect a cluster of planets meeting our selection criteria. True terraformed planets (n = 40) have blue fill, while planets detected by our selection method (n = 19) have a red outline.
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