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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Adithi Ramakrishnan

Scientists find Star Wars-like planet with a highly unusual orbit

Scientists may have found a new Tatooine-like planet orbiting two "failed stars" approximately 120 light years from Earth.

The planet follows a peculiar, perpendicular path around a pair of brown dwarfs. Brown dwarfs, sometimes referred to as failed stars, possess a mass greater than gas giant planets but less than stars.

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