15-12-2017 22:59 via baltimore.cbslocal.com

Another 8-Planet Solar System Discovered 2,500 Light Years Away

BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Since the demotion of Pluto from planet to dwarf planet, our solar system is made up of eight planets. It turns out that number is no longer unique.
Another eight-planet solar system has been discovered orbiting a star 2,500 light years away called the Kepler-90 System. It was first believed to be made up of seven planets. Like all other exo-planets discovered, these have never been directly seen.
Instead the Kepler Space Telescope infers their existence by measuring the s
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