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Several planets orbiting two stars at once, like the fictional Star Wars world Tatooine, have been found before.
How'd that get there? New data confirms: There really is a planet squeezed in between two stars The planet may have formed from material transferred between the stars.
In a memorable image from the 1977 film "Star Wars," the young hero Luke Skywalker gazes at two suns setting above the horizon on his desert planet Tatooine. Astronomers since then indeed have ...
A team of international researchers led by Tomas Stolker in the Netherlands has imaged a young gas giant exoplanet near a 12-million-year-old star. The planet is orbiting a star whose planet formation ...
Astronomers have made a bizarre discovery: a planet which orbits around two stars at a strange angle.
A new "Tatooine-like" planet outside the solar system may orbit two failed stars, scientists reported Wednesday.Related video above: The dark energy pushing our universe apart may not be what it ...
Astronomers believe they’ve discovered a "Tatooine"-like planet orbiting two stars in a galaxy far, far away. The planet is orbiting two brown dwarfs, which are also known as failed stars. It ...
A fascinating glimpse into how a solar system like our own is born has been revealed with the detection of planet-forming ...
A fluffy, Jupiter-sized planet may be triggering deadly flares from its star, leading to the slow destruction of its own ...
The James Webb telescope has made another stunning discovery -- this time of a massive planet that could potentially sustain ...
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has shared its skywatching highlights - revealing what will light up the sky in July ...
Astronomers believe they’ve discovered a "Tatooine"-like planet orbiting two stars in a galaxy far, far away. The planet is orbiting two brown dwarfs, which are also known as failed stars. It ...