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Photos

  • Home hero: Alpha Centauri A and B, the closest pair of twin suns: ESA/Hubble & NASA, CC BY 4.0
  • Identical vs Fraternal Twins: How fraternal and identical twins begin: National Human Genome Research Institute, Public domain
  • Identical vs Fraternal Twins: Identical twins resemble each other more closely than fraternal twins: Sara A. Hart, Callie Little and Elsje van Bergen, CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Mirror-Image Twins: Identical twins sharing one sac, a setup linked to later splits: Altheahayton, CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Mirror-Image Twins: Ultrasound of identical twins at 15 weeks: Mikael Häggström, CC0
  • The Twin Capitals of the World: The entrance arch of Cândido Godói, the Land of Twins: Felipe P at Portuguese Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
  • The Twin Capitals of the World: A Yoruba ere ibeji twin figure in a cowrie garment: Daderot, CC0
  • Twins Days Festival in Twinsburg, Ohio: Glen Chamberlin Park, home of Twins Days: SilentMatt Psychedelic, CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Twins Days Festival in Twinsburg, Ohio: The Twinsburg Institute, home of the town's historical society: Ksponsler, CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Twins Days Festival in Twinsburg, Ohio: Twinsburg Congregational Church on Public Square, built in 1848: Carl Waite, Public domain
  • Nine-Banded Armadillo Quadruplets: A nine-banded armadillo at its burrow in Uruguay: Enrique González, CC BY 4.0
  • Nine-Banded Armadillo Quadruplets: A long-nosed armadillo foraging in Florida: Hans Stieglitz, CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Binary Stars: The Sky's Twins: Sirius A and its tiny white dwarf partner, Sirius B (artist's impression): NASA, ESA and G. Bacon (STScI), Public domain
  • Binary Stars: The Sky's Twins: Albireo's gold and blue stars through an 8-inch telescope: Topoignaz, CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Binary Stars: The Sky's Twins: Pluto and Charon, a double world, seen by New Horizons: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute, Public domain
  • Famous Twins in Sports: The Bryan brothers celebrate at the 2013 US Open: Boss Tweed from New York, CC BY 2.0
  • Famous Twins in Sports: Daniel and Henrik Sedin on the ice for Vancouver, 2007: Iwona Erskine-Kellie, CC BY 2.0
  • Famous Twins in Sports: Robin (left) and Brook Lopez at Stanford: Jeff Keacher, CC BY 2.0
  • Famous Twins in Entertainment: Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen at the Tribeca Film Festival, 2011: David Shankbone, CC BY 3.0
  • Twin Landmarks and Famous Replicas: The Petronas Twin Towers at night, 2022: Bruce Poon, CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Twin Landmarks and Famous Replicas: Paris's Statue of Liberty on the Ile aux Cygnes: Guilhem Vellut from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0
  • Twin Landmarks and Famous Replicas: The Parthenon replica in Nashville's Centennial Park: Euthman, CC BY 4.0
  • Nature's Mimics: A viceroy butterfly, the monarch's lookalike: Thomas Shahan 3, CC BY 2.0
  • Nature's Mimics: A mimic octopus on the sea floor: Elias Levy, CC BY 2.0
  • Nature's Mimics: A bee orchid, Ophrys apifera: Tuxyso, CC BY-SA 3.0
  • The Science of Doppelgangers: A DNA microarray, the kind of tool used to compare genomes: Bill Branson (Photographer), Public domain
  • The Science of Doppelgangers: How They Met Themselves by Dante Gabriel Rossetti: Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Public domain
  • The Science of Doppelgangers: A DNA genotyping chip: ErikAbner, CC BY 4.0
  • Clones in Nature: Pando, the giant aspen clone in Utah, from the air: Lance Oditt, Friends of Pando, CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Clones in Nature: Dolly the sheep at the National Museum of Scotland: Sgerbic, CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Clones in Nature: Cavendish bananas, grown from clones: SwarmCheng, CC BY-SA 4.0

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