A new Tatooine-type multi-planetary system identified

An international team of astronomers has announced the second discovery of a multi-planetary circumbinary system. Circumbinary systems are unusual in that they contain planets that orbit two central stars rather than just one, as in our own solar system. The researchers involved in this team come from the University of Birmingham and the Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille (OSU Institut Pythéas / CNRS, AMU, CNES). This discovery is presented in the Monday 12 June 2023 issue of the journal Nature Astronomy.