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Joel Kontinen
After two decades
of debate, research confirms that an odd binary star system has an equally odd
planetary companion.
Some planetary
systems do not look normal to us, How could you see a binary star system that
has a planet between two stars, Space is wonderful and we should not see life on
this planet.
“After years of
observation, researchers finally understand how a pair of stars can maintain a
stable orbital dance with an elusive planet.
In 2004, David
Ramm at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand spotted a mysterious
repeating signal while observing the motion of a pair of stars in a system
called Nu Octantis. This started a long debate on whether the
signal was evidence that this system included a planet roughly twice the size
of Jupiter, which some!
physicists thought impossible because of the size and closeness of the two
stars. Now, Ramm
and Man Hoi Lee at the University of Hong Kong and their colleagues
have offered the most conclusive evidence yet that Nu Octantis really is a
threesome rather than a duo.”
Source:
Karmela Padavic-Callaghan 2025 Weird planet is orbiting backwards between two stars | New Scientist 21 May
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