Tatooine Found!

[Dandan]

http://www.space.com/12963-tatooine-planet-2-suns-star-wars-kepler-16b.html

It's a real-life Tatooine. A spectacle made popular by the "Star Wars" saga — a planet with two suns — has now been confirmed in space for the first time, astronomers revealed.

Scientists using NASA's Kepler space telescope captured details of a giant planet in orbit around the pair of binary stars that make up the Kepler-16 system, which is about 200 light-years away.

"This discovery is stunning," said study co-author Alan Boss at the Carnegie Institute in Washington. "Once again, what used to be science fiction has turned into reality." [See an image and video of Tatooine planet Kepler 16b]

Video:
[video]http://www.space.com/12966-tatooine-planet-twin-suns-discovered.html[/video]

 

[Raziaar]

Well you know everything except the solid earth and sand.

 

[DEATHMASTER]

I wonder what the conditions would be like in that type of orbit for a planet like ours.

 

[Remus]

I really hate it when science articles make media references in an effort to gain the attention of the general population. No, that is not Tatooine, and I hate Star Wars.

 

[Bad^Hat]

Yeah how dare they try and reach out to the greater populace by making harmless references to popular culture.

On the other hand,

 

[Shem]

Too bad they'll never find Alderaan.