First Direct Imaging of Tatooine-Style Exoplanet Orbiting Twin Stars
I jump at the chance to see actual images – as opposed to light curves – of exoplanets. Thus recent news of a Tatooine-style planetary orbit around twin stars, and what is as far as I know the first…
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