Rimu to SpaceEnglish • 1 day agoPlanet found orbiting 3 stars at once, with giant dust ringsbigthink.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1116arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: jingszo
arrow-up1115arrow-down1external-linkPlanet found orbiting 3 stars at once, with giant dust ringsbigthink.comRimu to SpaceEnglish • 1 day 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_cutthroatlink16•1 day agoRoll me up and throw me on the pile until the next epoch.
Roll me up and throw me on the pile until the next epoch.
Dehydrate!
Hydrate me when the next stable era comes along.