Six worlds found in new solar system | Skymania News
The prospect of alien life existing in the universe got a further boost last night when NASA revealed the discovery of six planets orbiting a star like the Sun.
Impression of new planets (NASA/Tim Pyle)
The new worlds, part of a whole new solar system around 2,000 light-years away, were detected by a planet-seeking space telescope called Kepler.
At the same time, NASA revealed that Kepler has mopped up another thousand possible planets around other stars that have yet to be confirmed.
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