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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. I love it... by epaga · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ...how we have NO clue how the universe came to be. We can't even figure out how planets came into existence! We get all these theories going, and then find stuff that shows that we actually have NO clue whatsoever.

  2. In Soviet Russia... by zlogic · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ... Tatooine-like planet discovers YOU!