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! exoplanets.nasa.gov/news/1476/… #NASAExoplanets
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.
