More than 2,000 light-years away, eight planets orbit a Sun-like star. The rocky inner worlds are closer to the star with gas giants farther out. All eight would orbit inside Mercury's orbit around the Sun! https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/news/1476/discovery-of-eight-planets-makes-alien-system-the-first-to-tie-with-our-solar-system/
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Discovery of eight planets makes alien system the first to tie with our solar system
Our solar system now is tied for most number of planets around a single star, with the recent discovery of an eighth planet circling Kepler-90, a Sun-like star 2,545 light years from Earth.Exoplanet Exploration: Planets Beyond our Solar System