The lead author of the research paper, being published in The Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, is RSAA PhD student Tim Bovaird. ![]() The majority of these host stars have only one detected planet, while 656 have multiple planets. The Kepler space telescope has detected more than 4,000 planets orbiting 3,200 stars. "The more we find out about these planet systems the more it seems the Solar System is unexceptional." "Other planet systems in the Universe seem to be much like our Solar System," said Dr Lineweaver from the ANU Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics (RSAA). ![]() Researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) have found that far-away planet systems are shaped like the Solar System, with multiple planets aligning with the host star on a flat plain, in a discovery that could increase the chance of finding alien life.Ĭo-researcher Associate Professor Charley Lineweaver said NASA's discovery of the seven-planet system being on a flat plain supported this research, which challenges the usual assumption that planet systems are flared like bellbottoms.
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