2003-07-04
... ? Planet discovery raises hope of solar system like our ownAstronomers have discovered a planet resembling Jupiter orbiting a Sun much like our own 90 light years away, raising hopes of finding other planets similar to Earth outside our solar system. The find brings the number of 'extrasolar' planets detected so far to 115 since the first in 1995. But, significantly, the latest most resembles our own solar system, implying that there are planetary systems of a similar nature - and perhaps even with life - in our stellar neighbourhood.
