New exoplanet with four stars found

New exoplanet with four stars found
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Researchers using Adaptive Optics System developed by Indian scientists at Pune-based Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics have discovered a new exoplanet with four stars. The four-star planetary system, called 30 Ari, is located 136 light-years away in the constellation Aries.

Washington: Researchers using Adaptive Optics System developed by Indian scientists at Pune-based Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics have discovered a new exoplanet with four stars. The four-star planetary system, called 30 Ari, is located 136 light-years away in the constellation Aries. This is only the second time that a planet has been identified in a quadruple star system. The first four-star planet, KIC 4862625, was discovered in 2013 by citizen scientists using public data from NASA's Kepler mission.

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