In a stellar system, far, far away....Planets orbiting a single star have been detected for years. But a planet orbiting a tri-stellar system is a rarity, and this one is rarer still because, by rights, it should not exist.
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Sunsets on this faraway planet would be like nothing we have ever seen. "With three suns, the sky view must be out of this world," said Maciej Konacki, from the California Institute of Technology, US, who identified the planet. However, it is not the thought of ethereal sunsets that is upsetting some scientists: it is the planet's location combined with the existence of the other two suns.
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The more we learn about the universe, the more we realize that it is stranger than we imagined. All the more reason for humanity to go forth and explore the farthest reaches of outer space.
Quoth the Bard: Our reach must exceed our grasp, or what else is Heaven for?
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