Tatooine Found? – Planet With Twin Suns Discovered

Thursday, September 15, 2011 - 13:00 in Astronomy & Space

Scientists using the orbiting Kepler Telecope have detected a planet transiting across the face of twin suns. Kepler-16b is about the mass of Saturn and has a cool climate, lying just outside the “habitable zone” where water can be liquid.

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