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Monday, April 4, 2016

Hot Jupiter! Astronomers discover giant planet with three shining suns

Tatooine’s double sunset just got outshone. Astronomers studying a distant gas giant have found that the planet’s star system contains not one, not two, but three stars.

The planet KELT-4Ab, described in the Astronomical Journal, could help shed light on the complex dynamics of these multi-star...



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