Kepler-16b Double Sunset: First Planet Orbiting Two Stars Confirmed

A terrific scene in Star Wars - when Star Wars was still good(1) - was the double sunset on Tatooine.  It wasn't the first time it was done but the graphics in "Star Wars" were light years ahead of its competition.  Well, parsecs ahead of their time, if you understand physics the way George Lucas did (2).We may now get to think about what it's like for real, though no one lives on the newly discovered cold and gaseous planet, Kepler-16b in the Kepler-16 system,  which orbits two stars.read more

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