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This week, Nasa made a startling announcement: it had discovered a planet that was orbiting two suns.planet-hunting space satellite known as TESSBut even more remarkable was that it was found by a high school student working as an intern. On his third day.
The new planet has been named ‘TOI 1338 b’ in relation to the system it inhabits – around 1,300 light years from Earth. The planet is 6.9 times the size of Earth – putting it somewhere between Neptune and Saturn. It’s also highly unlikely to sustain alien life.The two stars orbit each other every 15 days. One is about 10% more massive than our Sun, while the other is cooler, dimmer and only one-third the Sun’s mass.
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