WASHINGTON: In a memorable image from the 1977 film Star Wars, the young hero Luke Skywalker gazes at two suns setting above the horizon on his desert planet Tatooine. Astronomers since then ...

The research was published in the journal Science Advances. Scientists know of over a dozen planets that orbit two stars like the fictional “Star Wars” scorching desert planet Tatooine with double ...

Scientists know of over a dozen planets that orbit two stars like the fictional “Star Wars” scorching desert planet Tatooine with double sunsets that Luke Skywalker calls home. The new planet ...

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Scientists believe that there's a planet like the desert planet Tatooine from 'Star Wars' that orbits a pair of failed stars. A new planet like Star Wars' Tatooine detected outside of our solar ...

(L. Calçada/ESO via AP) Scientists know of over a dozen planets that orbit two stars like the fictional “Star Wars” scorching desert planet Tatooine with double sunsets that Luke Skywalker ...

The discovery adds to a growing list of planets known to orbit binary star systems, reminiscent of the fictional desert planet Tatooine from Star Wars, famous for its double sunsets. The possible ...