SMRTR Science & EngineeringApr 20, 2025NewsBytes

Star Wars becomes reality: Astronomers discover exoplanet orbiting twin stars

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The newly discovered exoplanet 2M1510 (AB) b orbits two brown dwarfs at a 90-degree angle, making it the first known "polar planet" and demonstrating that planets can have perpendicular orbits around binary stars.

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