Astronomers Believe There May Be a New Population of Circumbinary Planets

Newly published research from astronomers at Cornell University suggests that there may be a new population of circumbinary planets, which orbit around more-compact binaries (with periods less than a few days) and have their orbital axes misaligned with the binary axes. Sibling suns – made famous in the “Star Wars” scene where Luke Skywalker gazes […]
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