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Scientists find six planet system where stars orbit in rhythmic beat

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Astronomers have found a planetary system with six different worlds that orbit in a strange rhythm.

The set of planets move around their star in a rhythmic beat, scientists say, staying synchronised in a kind of dance. The findings could help shed more light on how planets form and evolve, the researchers say.

The star is smaller, and slightly dimmer than the Sun, and the six “sub-Neptunes” - possibly smaller versions of Neptune in our solar system - move in a cyclic rhythm.

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