Astronomers Capture Rare Image of a Real-Life “Tatooine” Orbiting Two Suns

Discovered in archival data, the newly identified exoplanet formed after the dinosaurs went extinct. In a finding that echoes science fiction, astronomers at Northwestern University have captured a direct image of an exoplanet that orbits two stars, similar to the fictional world of Tatooine. Directly imaging a planet beyond our solar system is uncommon on [...]