Astronomers to Explore 'Extreme Solar Systems'
As solar systems go, the one we live in is pretty boring. In the "Hitchhiker's Guide" by the great Douglas Adams, our neighborhood was described as being "far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the galaxy." (Our planet was deemed "mostly harmless.")
But planets and stars can be found in some pretty remar…
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