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Having multiple suns doesn't doom a planet to an early death!

Accepted submission by realDonaldTrump at 2018-06-05 15:27:31 from the THERE ARE MANY STARS BUT I DRAW THE BIGGEST CROWDS! dept.
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"Some alien planets in multiple-star systems — such as the two-sun Tatooine, Luke's home world in the 'Star Wars [space.com]' universe — may indeed nestle in orbits that are stable for long stretches of time, a new study suggests.

In the study, researchers ran more than 45,000 computer simulations, examining where planets of various masses and dimensions could exist in two- and three-star systems............." foxnews.com/science/2018/06/05/having-multiple-suns-doesnt-doom-planet-to-early-death.html [foxnews.com]


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