Scientists using an extremely powerful telescope have discovered a solar system that has two suns.
At least one planet, named Kepler-16(AB)-b, orbits around the pair of stars, which sit about 200 light years away from Earth. Scientists do not believe the planet harbors any forms of life, but it’s not hard to imagine Luke Skywalker gazing at the sky using his MB450 macrobinoculars.
Read more about the discovery here.
Cool!
Wow! Astronomy is cool!
pod race time
I like the starwars picture 🙂
Astronomy merit badge was fun, but the counselor didn’t mention this. It’s probably because its recent news?