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Solar System Look-Alike Found

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the evil-twin dept.

SpuriousLogic writes "Astronomers have discovered a planetary system orbiting a distant star which looks much like our own. They found two planets that were close matches for Jupiter and Saturn orbiting a star about half the size of our Sun. Martin Dominik, from St Andrews University in the UK, said the finding suggested systems like our own could be much more common than we thought."

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  1. Impressive work by hattig · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I read the article earlier, and then it had that the star was 5 light years away. I investigated, and it is actually 4900 light years away.

    I'm impressed that they could resolve two planets going around a star that far away, gravitational lensing or not.

  2. I wonder... by MrCreosote · · Score: 3, Interesting

    if they have the same gods as we do?

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