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Second Multi-Planet Circumbinary System Discovered

An international team of astronomers have identified the second multi-planet circumbinary system. Unlike planets in our Solar System, those in circumbinary systems revolve around two stars instead of one. The discovery, led by University of Birmingham researchers, is detailed in a study published today in Nature Astronomy. Dr Rosemary Mardling, from the Monash University School…