NASA's Kepler Mission Discovers Kepler-16b, A Planet Orbiting Two Suns

NASA's Kepler mission has turned fiction into fact. A world with a double sunset that was first imagined in "Star Wars" over 30 years ago in a galaxy far, far away has become scientific reality. Credit: NASA / Ames Research Center

[deyanmollov]

Plot twist: Star wars is real in a galaxy far far away and Spielberg somehow came from there to make a fortune.

[ghaith]

A planet revolves around two suns❗

In 2011, the scientists discovered a planet revolves around two suns, they say there are two sunrises and two sunsets on that planet. There are many planets like that planet in our universe. Glory to Allah Almighty who says in the holy book of Quran 14 centuries ago: ([He is] Lord of the two sunrises and Lord of the two sunsets;So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?).{Chapitre Ar-Rahmân –verse17-18}, who told the prophet Mohamed peace be upon him about this scientific reality?

[hulick]

Actually Kepler 16b is located on the edge of the habitable zone of it’s two Suns, so it is like 10° colder.

[Astrostevo]

More Hoth than Tatooine - well its' got Tattooine's twin suns albeit less equally matched plus Hoth's temperatures for any solid moon of that Saturn-mass exoplanet. Great discovery and clip though. Thanks. :-)

[djordjesm]

not possible, how is all possible what they shows us in movie_??haha 2 sun but one sun orbiting and f.acros the line and around one other sun????imposibblle

[Astagfirullah__]

Quran 55:17 [He is] Lord of the two sunrises and Lord of the two sunsets.

[venomknight]

some day a person will be in the surface watching the sunset and say
I am luk sky walker

[.olivia]

Kepler 16b is tatooine in real life. Wow, science is crazy

[heatlugo]

Would be cool if Star Wars writers had advance knowledge of this before astronomers. Maybe some old tale a man saw a planet cross a star some couple hundred years ago.

[irebecca]

Omg omg! I'm so happy this planet was discovered! I want more! @_@ Come on science, my life's short!

[Teankun]

According to the Wikipedia, it is in the outer edge of the habitual zone

[themanclaw]

John Williams and the London Symphony Orchestra!

[hussainnjameel]

He is˺ Lord of the two easts and the two wests. [55:17]

[idelta]

0:21 Constellations: you must be on drugs to see them

[venomknight]

how tatooine have 2 stars and how are 2 suns made

[ltachi]

Kepler 16 may not harbor life yet...


when those stars expand they will get bigger D:

maybe then it will become less gassy who knows?

[jeffryen]

Thankyou nasa keplar interesting phenomena of planets are beautiful and colorful thankyou again.

[ameddjaff]

Two suns means two sunrise and two sunsets
Glory be to Allah, He says;
( [He is] Lord of the two sunrises and Lord of the two sunsets. So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? )[17~18, Surah Rahman, The Holy Quran]

"We have believed in Allah and in what was revealed to us and what was revealed to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, and the Descendants, and in what was given to Moses and Jesus and to the prophets from their Lord. We make no distinction between any of them, and we are Muslims [submitting] to Him."

[NASHOPRODUCTIONS]

the force is strong in this planet !!!

[DorimiPrism]

@aldebaran899
They should just name it that