Astronomers find planet in two-star system

Sunday, November 3, 2002

DALLAS -- University of Texas astronomers have confirmed that a planet orbits one of a pair of stars 45 light-years (260 trillion miles) away. It is the first discovery of a planet in a binary star system where the two stars orbit each other closely.

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