... Planets . ... Exoplanets . ... After the discovery of powerful telescopes we were able to see further into our Solar System and discover many distant objects and dwarf planets.€а However within the last 16 years astronomers have started to dedicate much more time to the search of other worlds in orbit around other stars beyond the realm of our Solar System. ... However the closest star with a known exoplanet is the star Epsilon Eridani which is a mere 10.4 light years away from planet Earth. ...