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August 13, 2015

Tenth transiting 'Tatooine'
San Diego CA (SPX) Aug 12, 2015
Astronomers at the 29th International Astronomical Union General Assembly will announce the discovery of a new transiting "circumbinary" planet, bringing the number of such known planets into double digits. A circumbinary planet orbits two stars, and like the fictional planet "Tatooine" from Star Wars, this planet has two suns in its sky. The discovery marks an important milestone and comes only four years after the first Kepler circumbinary planet was detected. Once thought to be rare or even imp ... read more

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