Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Weird Planets

Source- NASA Science News for Sept. 12, 2012

Once, astronomers thought planets couldn't form around binary stars. Now Kepler has found a whole system of planets orbiting a double star. This finding shows that planetary systems are weirder and more abundant than previously thought.

The full story can be found here: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2012/12sep_weirdplanets/

A companion video is posted below and can also be viewed at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cl5EknhEsSQ

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