Distant solar system matches ours after 8th planet spotted

Another planet has been spotted orbiting a distant star in what is the first discovery of an eight-planet solar system like ours.

Distant solar system matches ours after 8th planet spotted

Another planet has been spotted orbiting a distant star in what is the first discovery of an eight-planet solar system like ours.

This planet orbits the star known as Kepler-90, some 2,545 light years away, Nasa and Google announced.

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