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Rich exoplanet system discovered
"[This] marks the way towards gathering the information that will put our own existence into cosmic context”
- Martin Dominik, University of St Andrews
Astronomers have discovered a planetary system containing at least five planets that orbit a star called HD 10180, which is much like our own Sun.
The researchers used the European Southern Observatory (Eso) to monitor light emitted from the system and identify and characterise the planets.
They say this is the "richest" system of exoplanets - planets outside our own Solar System - ever found.