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The star HD 10180 is orbited by up to seven planets in a regular pattern, making it similar to our own solar system European Southern Observatory Astronomers have discovered a new solar system 127 ...

A star about 127 light-years from Earth may have even more planets than the sun, which would make the planetary system the most populated yet found. According to a new study, HD 10180—a sunlike star ...

A distant solar system that centers on the star HD 10180 has at least 5 planets, and most likely two more. It’s possibly the most populous solar system we’ve spotted, other than our own. And it’s ...

HD 10180 is a star that's nearly the Sun's twin: it's very close in mass, temperature, brightness, and even chemical content of our friendly neighborhood star. But in this case of stellar sibling ...