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by Tanja Schumann (TU Berlin), March 2025 Of the about 5800 known exoplanets discovered as of March 2025, about 2000 are part of planetary systems with more than one confirmed planet around the same star. Most of those are two-planet systems (about 500). However,...
Kepler-90 – a shrunken planetary system.
Eight planets orbit around the star Kepler-90. Similar to our solar system, there are small planets inside and larger ones outside. However, the entire system would not extend beyond the Earth’s orbit. ← Back to the highlights overview