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03-31-2016, 08:22 PM
Scientists discover 3 suns in this alien planet's sky
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Eat your heart out, Tatooine: A newly discovered alien planet has **t one, **t two, but three suns in its sky.
While scientists k**w of many planets with two suns (http://www.space.com/28976-rocky-tatooine-planets-two-sun-common.html), a planet with three bright stars in its sky is much rarer. The newly found distant world, k**wn as KELT-4Ab, orbits one star. That star in turn is orbited by a nearby pair of stars. The twin stars are close e**ugh to the planet to appear about as bright as the full moon in the sky, new*research has revealed.
SEE ALSO: The strangest alien planets (gallery) (http://www.space.com/159-strangest-alien-planets.html)
In addition to providing an example of a solar system*very different from Earth's, the strange arrangement may help provide insight into how gas giants that lie close to their parent star — k**wn as "hot Jupiters" — evolve. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/31/alien-planet-rare-triple-suns/)
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Eat your heart out, Tatooine: A newly discovered alien planet has **t one, **t two, but three suns in its sky.
While scientists k**w of many planets with two suns (http://www.space.com/28976-rocky-tatooine-planets-two-sun-common.html), a planet with three bright stars in its sky is much rarer. The newly found distant world, k**wn as KELT-4Ab, orbits one star. That star in turn is orbited by a nearby pair of stars. The twin stars are close e**ugh to the planet to appear about as bright as the full moon in the sky, new*research has revealed.
SEE ALSO: The strangest alien planets (gallery) (http://www.space.com/159-strangest-alien-planets.html)
In addition to providing an example of a solar system*very different from Earth's, the strange arrangement may help provide insight into how gas giants that lie close to their parent star — k**wn as "hot Jupiters" — evolve. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/31/alien-planet-rare-triple-suns/)
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