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SCIENCEApr 29 · 10:00 UTCSPACE.COMSharmila Kuthunur

Is Tatooine the norm? Planets may prefer living with two suns instead of one

The article discusses a simulation showing that planets may commonly form in systems with two suns, challenging the notion that single-star systems like Earth's are typical. It highlights gravitational instability in protoplanetary discs around binary stars leading to planet formation.

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