If confirmed, the planetary system around HD 10180, a star more than 100 light years distant, would be the richest ever discovered. One astronomer says it's part of a growing body of evidence that the universe is full of planets - and that several could be similar to our own.
"The really nice thing about finding systems like this is that it shows that there are many more out there," said Alan Boss, of the Washington-based Carnegie Institution for Science, who wasn't involved with the find. "Mother Nature really had fun making planets".'
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If there's a highly evolved life form that lives around HD 10180 l'm sure their planet will be spinning over the moon with excitement that a little solar system 100 light years distant from their's has discovered....
ReplyDeleteMiss Universe in Mexico.
Ain't we marvels finding everything here just under our Sunny Star and beating other worlds at it too in their long quest searching the stars out there.
Mr Universe, Mr World, Miss World, Miss Earth, Miss Planet Beach....