General relativity helps explain the lack of planets around tight binary stars by driving orbital resonances that eject or destroy close-in worlds. This process naturally creates a “desert” of ...
Astronomers have long wondered why planets orbiting two stars like the iconic Tatooine in Star Wars are so rare. You would ...
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Why don't more Tatooine-like exoplanets exist in our Milky Way galaxy? Astronomers might have an answer
Astronomers may finally understand why planets orbiting two suns, the real-world equivalents of the "Star Wars" planet Tatooine, are so scarce in our galaxy — and it has to do with general relativity.
New research suggests Einstein's general relativity explains the rarity of planets orbiting two suns. In tight binary systems ...
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