Monday, March 30, 2015

Earthlike 'Star Wars' tatooines may be common

Luke Skywalker’s home in “Star Wars” is the desert planet Tatooine, with twin sunsets because it orbits two stars. So far, only uninhabitable gas-giant planets have been identified circling such binary stars, and many researchers believe rocky planets cannot form there. Now, mathematical simulations show that Earthlike, solid planets such as Tatooine likely exist and may be widespread.



from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily http://ift.tt/19A7T7J via Karis World

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