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Solar System Like our Own?

From the Guardian

Astronomers have discovered a new solar system 127 light years away that is tantalisingly similar to our own.

The team used observations from the European Southern Observatory(Eso) in Chile to find five Neptune-like planets orbiting a Sun-like star called HD 10180. The planets are closer to their star than Mars is to the Sun.

Fascinating news!

August 25, 2010

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  1. bex
    August 25, 2010 at 10:45 pm #

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