Monday, June 29, 2026
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More Star Wars-like worlds emerge as 27 planet candidates with two suns discovered

There's so little we know about circumbinary planets—planets that orbit two stars instead of one—that they can feel like the stuff of fantasy. And for good reason: to date, we've only confirmed the existence of 18 circumbinary planets, compared to the more than 6000 planets we know about in single s...

More Star Wars-like worlds emerge as 27 planet candidates with two suns discovered
Image: Phys.org
There's so little we know about circumbinary planets—planets that orbit two stars instead of one—that they can feel like the stuff of fantasy. And for good reason: to date, we've only confirmed the existence of 18 circumbinary planets, compared to the more than 6000 planets we know about in single star systems.

Originally published at Phys.org

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