A team of astronomers has discovered 27 potential "candidate planets" orbiting binary star systems by analyzing subtle timing shifts in star eclipses, using a novel method that could reveal unseen planets previously missed by traditional detection techniques. #Exoplanets #Astronomy #BinaryStars #AU #US
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Star Wars in real life? Astronomers find 27 possible twin-sun worlds
These shifts, imperceptible to the naked eye, can be the gravitational fingerprint of a planet no one has ever seen.
A team of astronomers has identified what they believe are 27 "candidate planets" orbiting binary star systems, using a radical new detection method.