Science Alert: Astronomers discover a distant solar system with eight planets — just like ours

Most of the planets that have been discovered orbiting distant stars are singletons or have only a few fellow planets. But today NASA and Google researchers announced they have found an eighth planet in the star system Kepler 90. The discovery used advanced technology called a neural network to comb through data obtained by the Kepler space observatory, which has scanned 150,000 stars since 2009 for signs of exoplanets.

Democracy Dies in Darkness     Science Alert Thu, Dec 14, 2017, 3:53 PM     Astronomers discover a distant solar system with eight planets — just like ours Most of the planets that have been discovered orbiting distant stars are singletons or have only a few fellow planets. But today NASA and Google researchers announced they have found an eighth planet in the star system Kepler 90. The discovery used advanced technology called a neural network to comb through data obtained by the Kepler space observatory, which has scanned 150,000 stars since 2009 for signs of exoplanets. Read more » Advertisement You received this email because you signed up for news alerts from The Washington Post. Manage my newsletters and alerts | Unsubscribe Privacy Policy | Help ©2017 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071