New research shows a pattern of exoplanet sizes and spacing around other stars unlike what we see in our own system This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American How special is the solar system? The history of astronomy has mostly been a one-way journey from a worldview in which our solar s
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