14-06-2016 08:26 via indianexpress.com

NASA Kepler discovers a planet with two suns

Artist’s impression of the simultaneous stellar eclipse and planetary transit events on Kepler-1647. ( Credits: Lynette Cook / NASA)
Using data from NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope, a team of astronomers led by the team from US space agency’s Goddard Space Flight Centre in Maryland has identified a Jupiter-like huge planet that orbits two Suns simultaneously.
Situated in the constellation Cygnus, Kepler-1647b is 3,700 light-years away and approximately 4.4 billion years old &nda
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