Weird Alien Planets Astronomers Discovered Only Recently

Kepler 16b

IMAGE BY: NASA

Described on the official NASA website as a literal “Tatooine” planet, Kepler 16b is special because it orbits not one but two suns. Binary star systems such as those seen in “Star Wars” are not all that uncommon. Snother binary pair, Alpha Centauri A and Alpha Centauri B, are actually the closest stars to Earth.

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