Scientists From The University of Chicago Have Discovered The "Perfect Solar System"

Scientists From The University of Chicago Have Discovered The "Perfect Solar System"

Researchers at the University of Chicago have discovered a "perfect" solar system, which, unlike ours, was created without powerful cosmic collisions. It has remained almost unchanged since its formation 12 billion years ago. 

This was reported by the BBC. 

The HD110067 system is located 100 light-years away from our solar system, and its unbroken conditions make it an ideal area for research into how these worlds were formed and whether they are home to life. 

The planets in this system are similar in size and rotate in complete synchrony, unlike the celestial bodies in our solar system, which are completely unrelated in time. 

Thus, the most distant planet in the HD110067 system orbits the star three times, the next planet twice, and this synchrony continues until the fourth planet, after which everything changes to a 4:3 system. 

It is worth noting that thanks to this unique system, the researchers even managed to create a cyclic piece of music akin to a Philip Glass-style composition. Every note and rhythm in the piece is relevant to a particular planet and its orbital period.  

All of the newly discovered planets are two to three times the size of Earth and are considered to be so-called "sub-Neptunes" - larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune. 

Although sub-Neptunes are considered to be perhaps the most common type of planet in the galaxy, researchers have little information about their composition or habitability. This is currently one of the hottest topics of discussion in the field.

Earlier, over the past three decades, scientists have discovered thousands of different star systems, but none of them were suitable for studying the formation and evolution of planets due to their chaotic nature. 

Earlier, The Gaze reported that scientists used the Webb Space Telescope to study the exoplanet Hycean K2-18b, which is located 120 light-years from our solar system. 

According to the research results, the space telescope detected signs of carbon-based molecules in the atmosphere of the probable "oceanic world". Moreover, traces of carbon dioxide and methane were found on the planet, indicating the potential presence of water in the planet's atmosphere.