Circumbinary Planets
Where Are All These Rogue Planets Coming From?
There's a population of planets that drifts through space untethered to any stars. They're called rogue planets or free-floating planets…
This is a First. An Exoplanet in a Polar Circumbinary Disc Surrounding Two Stars.
We live in an age of exoplanet discovery. One thing we've learned is not to be surprised by the kinds…
An Exoplanet is Definitely Orbiting Two Stars
Remember that iconic scene in Star Wars, where a young Skywalker steps out onto the surface of Tatooine and watches…
Study Finds Bizarre Exoplanet Orbits for Binary Stars
There’s an iconic scene in the original Star Wars movie where Luke Skywalker looks out over the desert landscape of…
TESS Finds a Planet That Orbits Two Stars
Researchers working with data from NASA's TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) have a found a planet that orbits two stars.…
Hubble Detects A Planet Around Binary Star System
Binary stars are common throughout the galaxy, as it has been estimated about half the stars in our sky consist…
One Planet, Two Stars: A System More Common Than Previously Thought
There are few environments more hostile than a planet circling two stars. Powerful tidal forces from the stars can easily…