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Star Wars, Tatooine and circumbinary planet

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Luke Skywalker's planet orbited two stars. How about brown dwarfs instead?

In a memorable image from the 1977 film "Star Wars," the young hero Luke Skywalker gazes at two suns setting above the horizon on his desert planet Tatooine. Astronomers since then indeed have discovered worlds,

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Tatooine-like planet outside the solar system may orbit two failed stars, scientists say

A new Tatooine-like planet outside the solar system may orbit two failed stars, scientists reported Wednesday. Located about 120 light years away, the exoplanet appears to take an unusual path around two brown dwarfs,

Astronomers find 'Tatooine' planet orbiting two stars

Astronomers believe they’ve discovered a "Tatooine"-like planet orbiting two stars in a galaxy far, far away. The planet is orbiting two brown dwarfs, which are also known as failed stars. It’s about 120 light years away from our solar system.

Strongest evidence to date for life beyond solar system

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Scientists find strongest evidence yet of life on an alien planet

In a potential landmark discovery, scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest signs yet of possible life beyond our solar system, detecting in an alien planet's atmosphere the chemical fingerprints of gases that on Earth are produced only by biological processes.

Sign Of Life On Another Planet? Webb Space Telescope Detects What Scientists Say Is The Strongest Evidence Yet

A new study suggests we could be a step closer to figuring out if alien life is out there, trillions of miles away from Earth. It’s based on observations recorded by the James Webb Space Telescope of an exoplanet called K2-18 b.

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Life beyond our solar system? Scientists claim ‘strongest evidence’ so far

James Webb space telescope appears to observe ‘tipping point’ chemical compounds on planet 124 light years from Earth

10 billion stars, just in our Milky Way galaxy, could have habitable planets

The Webb telescope has spotted exoplanets circling white dwarf stars, proving that planets can survive their star’s violent ...

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How to spot Haumea, one of the solar system's strangest objects

Pluto isn’t the only dwarf planet in our solar system's outer reaches. Now is an ideal time to look for the egg-shaped Haumea, says Abigail Beall ...

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Remember when Pluto was a planet? Here’s 10 photos NASA took of the dwarf planet

Almost 10 years ago, a NASA spacecraft was able to take several photos of Pluto, known for decades as a planet before it was ...

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