Astronomers reported on Tuesday in  they have found an ancient solar system with several Earth-like . Artist's concept of a rocky exoplanet (). From file.<p>Image: NASA They said the system dates roughly to the formation of the galaxy. They found the planets orbiting around , about 117 from . Researchers investigated Kepler-444 with 's using a method called . According to Daniel Huber, part of the research team at the  , it takes under ten days for these five planets to orbit the star and all of them are too close to it to sustain life. These planets are smaller than Earth, with the largest compared to Venus.
Astronomers reported on Tuesday in The Astrophysical Journal they have found an ancient solar system with several Earth-like . Artist's concept of a rocky exoplanet (). From file.<p>Image: NASA They said the system dates roughly to the formation of the galaxy. They found the planets orbiting around , about 117 from . Researchers investigated Kepler-444 with NASA's Kepler telescope using a method called . According to Daniel Huber, part of the research team at the University of Sydney , it takes under ten days for these five planets to orbit the star and all of them are too close to it to sustain life. These planets are smaller than Earth, with the largest compared to Venus.
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