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| Tango01 | 28 Jan 2021 10:26 p.m. PST |
"Astronomers have confirmed the existence of a triple-star exoplanet located 1,800 light-years from Earth. Planets parked in multi-star systems are rare, but this object is particularly unusual owing to its inexplicably weird orbital alignment. The first trace of KOI-5Ab was spotted by NASA's Kepler space telescope in 2009, but that was very early in the mission, so the exoplanetary candidate was put aside in favor of easier targets. Not a terrible decision, given that Kepler, during the course of its illustrious nine-year career, spotted 4,760 exoplanet candidates, of which roughly half still need to be confirmed…"
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