Astronomers have long attempted to solve the mystery of the Milky Way’s center, where a thin object not formed of hydrogen has caused countless, unconfirmed, theories. Finally, scientists claim that they solved this riddle and that they now know what this mysterious object is. According to recent observations, astronomers are now almost certain that G2 was a complex of binary stars orbiting in … [Read more...]
New Research Shows How Circumbinary Planets Like Tatooine Form
Researchers at the University of Bristol claim that they have studied into real world counterparts i.e. Kepler-34(AB) b, of the fictional Star Wars planet Tatooine. Kepler-34(AB) b, a Saturn-sized gas giant discovered in 2012 by NASA's Kepler mission, is a circumbinary planet. Circumbinary planets are those planets that orbit two stars. They have been a topic of much scientific conjecture as well … [Read more...]