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NASA handout image shows an artist's concept of the planet Kepler-16b with its two stars
Friday, Sep. 16, 2011

Open quoteOnce again, what used to be science fiction has turned into reality.Close quote

  • ALAN BOSS,
  • Carnegie Institution astronomer, on NASA's Kepler spacecraft discovery of the only known planet to orbit around two stars. The concept was made famous by the fictional planet of Tatooine in the film Star Wars
Photo: JPL / Caltech / R. Hurt / Handout / REUTERS / NASA | Source: MSNBC