International astronomers said on Tuesday that they had discovered the oldest known star surrounded by five Earth-sized planets, making it clear that the planets are formed throughout the history of the universe.
At a distance of 117 light years from Earth, Kepler-444 in two and a half times older than our solar system, which is 4.
5 billion years old."We've never seen anything like it - it's such a year-old star and a large number of small planets to make it special," said co-author Daniel Huber of the University of Sydney's School of Physics.
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LordKellthe1st
awesome find, perhaps it will show people that the real wonders of the universe are the ones we find (and prove) ourselves. from hypothesis to calculation to test to results! Well done to all involved.
Hitman1975
If you know anything about asteroseismology, you'll know that all dates are estimated guesses. They're based upon scientific data and theory; but, have proven to be very accurate. When a 100 million years is just a tic in time, this is cool data. Unless, of course, you believe in the creationism hoax.
ThingFish
Ancient planetary systems with the possibility of ancient civilizations? It would seem that life and this process called living could have been around the universe a long time. This make Earth's life a more common occurence in the universe than the exception
