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"Perfect solar system" found

To me, it seems exceeding strange that there could be such a "perfect" stellar system.

Could it have been created by intelligent beings?
No, they should form like that but it's less common for them to remain undisturbed:

ESA’s Cheops helps unlock rare six-planet system

Planets around stars tend to form in resonance but can be easily perturbed. For example, a very massive planet, a close encounter with a passing star, or a giant impact event can all disrupt the careful balance. As a result, many of the multi-planet system known to astronomers are not in resonance but look close enough that they could have been resonant once. However, multi-planet systems preserving their resonance are rare.

“We think only about one percent of all systems stay in resonance,” says Rafael. That’s why HD110067 is special and invites further study. “It shows us the pristine configuration of a planetary system that has survived untouched.”
 
Thanks for this.

Before I saw your post, I had had second thoughts and realised that there must be perfect cases.
 
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