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Samantha Lawler, The Conversation

Straight out of science fiction: Scientists have discovered a planet in a triple-star system

In the triple-star system, two sun-sized stars orbit each other every 29 years, while a third, smaller star orbits the two central stars every 400 years.

Samantha Lawler, The Conversation
· Mar 31, 2021 · 11:30 pm
Enjoy stargazing while it lasts. Companies like SpaceX and Amazon are about to ruin it

If mega-constellations of satellites become reality, the night sky will become a mundane highway of moving lights, obscuring the stars.

Samantha Lawler, The Conversation
· Nov 22, 2020 · 07:30 pm