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This Alien Solar System Doesn’t Follow the Rules – and Scientists Are Intrigued

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  1. Astronomers using CHEOPS discovered a fourth planet in the LHS 1903 system.

  2. The new rocky world orbits farther out than standard planet-formation models predict.

  3. The nearby red dwarf system, about 116 light-years away, also has two rocky planets and two mini-Neptunes.

  4. The unusual layout challenges current ideas about how planetary systems form and suggests our solar system may not be typical.

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