Credit: NASACheck out the architecture of our solar system. “It was a rude awakening.”Now, 3,500 verified exoplanets later—turns out the solar system, hardly typical, isn’t much of a template. “That was very unexpected.”Take the sheer size of the solar system. "Some have a multiplicity of companions.”Hardly an analog to the rest of the galaxy, the solar system is actually an anomaly. "Is that somehow an important piece as to why our solar system can support life?

Source: Forbes February 01, 2018 04:07 UTC