Nasa find first alien solar system with as many worlds as our own

Kepler scientists team up with Google AI specialists to detect eighth planet orbiting distant starScientists on Nasa ’s Kepler mission have spotted an eighth planet around a distant star, making it the first alien solar system known to host as many planets as our own.The newfound world orbits a star named Kepler 90 which is larger and hotter than the sun and lies 2,500 light years from Earth in the constellation of Draco.Continue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - December 14, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Ian Sample Science editor Tags: Space Science Astronomy Nasa Google Technology Artificial intelligence (AI) Source Type: news