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Astronomers Discover 27 Potential Planets Each Orbiting Two Stars, Just Like the Fictional Tatooine in 'Star Wars'

Smithsonian Magazine·Rudy Molinek·28 days ago
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The findings could more than double our current database of worlds that loop around binary star systems. But researchers need to analyze more data before they can officially celebrate a new trove of far, far away exoplanets Tatooine is a fictional desert planet with two suns. No such planet had been found when this scene in  Star Wars: Episode IV–A New Hope   ​​​​​​was created. Luke Skywalker Biography Gallery under Fair Use In a  memorable scene  from  Star Wars: Episode IV–A New Hope , future Jedi Luke Skywalker leaves dinner with his aunt and uncle and heads out to an unusual sunset. On the fictional desert planet Tatooine, not one, but two suns fall toward the horizon. When the movie came out in 1977, scientists hadn’t yet discovered any planets outside of our solar system, called exoplanets, let alone one orbiting a two-star system.…

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