Planets with double suns are common

Wednesday, January 11, 2012 - 17:30 in Astronomy & Space

Astronomers have discovered two new circumbinary planet systems -- planets that orbit two stars, like Tatooine in the movie Star Wars. Their find, which brings the number of known circumbinary planets to three, shows that planets with two suns must be common, with many millions existing in our galaxy.

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