NASA's Kepler mission has made the first confirmed detection of a circumbinary planet (a planet orbiting two stars) 200 light-years from Earth. The planet, Kepler-16b, is a cold gas giant and is not suspected of harboring life.
http://www.educatedearth.net/video.php?id=5321
Great find Tibor!
Planet Discovered Orbiting Binary Star System
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Planet Discovered Orbiting Binary Star System
by KMD » Fri Sep 23, 2011 11:44 am
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Re: Planet Discovered Orbiting Binary Star System
by ABigPileOfTurtles » Sat Oct 01, 2011 11:15 am
Truly fascinating.
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