New Planet Is Largest Discovered That Orbits Two Suns

Double suns! A new planet that orbits two suns has been discovered using our Kepler Space Telescope. Planets that orbit two stars are known as circumbinary planets. The stars here are similar to the sun, with one slightly larger than our home star and the other slightly smaller. The planet has a mass and radius nearly identical to that of Jupiter, making it the largest transiting circumbinary planet ever found.

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