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Kepler astronomers discover ancient star with five Earth-size planets

27 January 2015 Astronomy Now

Researchers in the US and UK have discovered one of the oldest planetary systems in the galaxy, orbiting one of the first generation of stars that formed 11.2 billion years ago when the universe was less than 20% of its current age.