Many of these stars are likely to have planets circling around them.
There are nine planets circling the sun, including the earth.
In 1995, for the first time, we detected a planet circling a star other than our own sun.
No planets circled it, however, in its journey through space.
The sun, moon and other planets circled the Earth in a regular, perfect pattern.
A planet circling the sun has a certain amount of angular momentum.
And many - perhaps most - of those alien suns have planets circling them.
"There's a planet circling it," a crew woman added now.
Six planets circling six stars a few light years apart.
On one edge, a single planet circling a star blinked, indicating their current destination.