The discovery marks the first solar system to tie with our solar system in the number of planets orbiting one star. "The Kepler-90 star system is like a mini version of our solar system.

A sun-like star with 8 planets scrunched around it 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 ...

You have seen the posters of all eight planets in a row. Reality is a bit different.

Discover the order of planets in the solar system. ... Neptune's winds travel at more than 1,500 mph, and are the fastest planetary winds in the solar system. (Image credit: NASA/JPL) ...

Astronomers used NASA’s Tess and the European Space Agency’s Cheops, two planet hunting satellites, to locate the system of planets revolving around a single star.. But for those hoping and ...

While astronomers know of 40 to 50 in-sync solar systems, none have as many planets in such perfect step or as bright a star as this one, Palle said. READ MORE: Explosions end 2nd test flight of ...

Though Pluto has formally been considered a dwarf planet for almost two decades, it still has many lessons left for planetary scientists — including hints about how the solar system formed.