Why is our Sun smiling? We think its because of all the planets it has, but it might just be coronal holes seen in ultraviolet light. (Regions where fast solar wind gushes into space.) We do know of another star with 8 planets, and that makes *us* smile: https://go.nasa.gov/3FQucZQ #NASAExoplanets https://nitter.net/NASAExoplanets/status/1588218886255583233#m
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
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