NASA Discovers Exoplanet Hosted By Four Stars
- 9 years ago
NASA recently discovered the existence of a quadruple star system, making it the second of its kind known by the agency.
When most people think of solar systems, they likely imagine a bunch of planets zipping around a single sun, as that’s the way it is in our own.
It’s not the case for all of them floating around in the universe, however. Some have as many as 4 parent stars.
NASA recently discovered just such a system, making it the second of its kind known by the agency.
They’ve had their eye on one of the planets associated with the stars for a while, but for most of that time believed that it was in a 3 star situation.
The discovery of the 4th sun&nb
When most people think of solar systems, they likely imagine a bunch of planets zipping around a single sun, as that’s the way it is in our own.
It’s not the case for all of them floating around in the universe, however. Some have as many as 4 parent stars.
NASA recently discovered just such a system, making it the second of its kind known by the agency.
They’ve had their eye on one of the planets associated with the stars for a while, but for most of that time believed that it was in a 3 star situation.
The discovery of the 4th sun&nb