NASA has discovered our solar system’s twin with 8 planets

NASA/Ames Research Center/Wendy Stenzel

NASA has found our solar system’s twin more than 2500 light-years away. Using data from the Kepler space telescope, researchers have found an eighth planet at the Kepler-90 system, tying our own system for the highest number of known planets. Before the NASA announcement, online rumours had swirled speculating that the press conference might be about discovering aliens. As usual, it was not.

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