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Tatooine-like Planet Discovered

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the mos-eisley-not-included dept.

ATP writes "CNN is reporting that a planet has been discovered in a solar system with 3 suns. The observation brings into doubt the theory stating that planets form from the dust orbiting around a single sun. The discovery also resulted in a new method of searching for extrasolar planets-- until now most searching focused only on single-sun systems."

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  1. Pitch Black by mesach · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Might it be more like the planet in Pitch Black instead of Tattoine?

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    moo.
  2. False Advertising by aykroyd · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Tatooine-like Planet Discovered," I read. Eagerly, I clicked the link. "They've found a way to tell just what the planet is like! Now that is news!"

    Oh, but wait... It's actually a story about a planet that was discovered in a solar system with three stars. What in the hell does that have to do with making the planet "Tatooine-like"? That's like calling every other planet in our system "Earth-like".

    *sigh*