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Rarest planet in the universe may be lurking in Orion’s nose – Live Science

This could be the first known planet in the universe to orbit three suns at once.

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Perched on the tip of Orion’s nose, there spins a solar system that could giveTatooine
Luke Skywalker’s twin-sunned homeworld a run for its money.
Known as GW Orionis (or GW Ori) and located about 1,300light-years
from Earth, the system is a rare example of a triple-star solar system
, with two suns orbiting one another at the center, and a third star swirling around its siblings from several hundred million miles away. Scientists previously identified the system by its three bright rings …

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