Scientists discover 27 potential new planets that orbit two stars in solar systems far, far away

Thats amazing! Now let’s just send trump and musk there together for a honeymoon.

This is a fact check

“far, far away” isn’t just fluff here, it’s genuinely far.

The systems they’re talking about are within the Milky Way, but still hundreds to tens of thousands of light years away.

A light year is about 9.46 trillion km, so:

• 650 light years = ~6 quadrillion km
• 18,000 light years = basically halfway across the galaxy

For context, the diameter of the Milky Way is around 100,000 light years.

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Also the “two stars” thing is real. These are called circumbinary planets, orbiting a binary star system, like Tatooine but real.

NASA and other surveys have already confirmed a bunch of these over the years, so finding more candidates isn’t crazy.

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Reddit style answer:

yeah “far far away” is actually accurate for once

we’re talking hundreds to tens of thousands of light years. like not even remotely reachable, not even in sci fi “maybe one day” terms

and the two suns thing is real too, those systems exist. it’s basically real life tatooine but way out in the middle of nowhere

so yeah headline is dramatic but not wrong for once

I found 12,000 planets like that . They are just far far away.