Rimu to SpaceEnglish • 2 months agoPlanet found orbiting 3 stars at once, with giant dust ringsbigthink.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1122arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: jingszo
arrow-up1121arrow-down1external-linkPlanet found orbiting 3 stars at once, with giant dust ringsbigthink.comRimu to SpaceEnglish • 2 months agomessage-square10fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: jingszo
It was long thought that planets couldn’t stably orbit systems containing three stars. GW Orionis is the first counterexample.
minus-square@chemical_cutthroatlink18•2 months agoRoll me up and throw me on the pile until the next epoch.
Oh no. The trisolarians are coming!
Roll me up and throw me on the pile until the next epoch.
Dehydrate!
Hydrate me when the next stable era comes along.