A new planetary system, very much like our solar system, has been discovered by a team of astronomers in Chile led by a Pole – Profesor Andrzej Udalski.

The international team of astronomers, involving eight Poles, pinpointed a star orbited by two planets, more or less in the same position as Jupiter and Saturn in our system. Until now it was not certain whether our system is an exception to the rule. Professor Michal Szymanski from Warsaw University Astronomical Observatory says that almost all the extra solar planets discovered so far were usually systems with quite a different structure. Almost all had giant planets orbiting their stars on very small orbits. 'This discovery shows that planetary systems, which are similar to our solar system may by quite common in the universe.'