In The News: College of Sciences
In 1949 a team of astronomers discovered a star 1,300 light-years from Earth, at the head of Orion the Hunter. Since then, astronomers have found that the star—GW Orionis—has two stellar companions.
"Star Wars" showed us a planet with two suns in the sky. Now a UNLV researcher and an international team are doing better: They may have identified the first planet to orbit three stars.
Our Solar System, with just one star in the sky, may be a bit of an oddball. Most of the stars in the Milky Way galaxy actually have at least one gravitationally bound stellar companion, meaning that two-starred worlds like Tatooine are probably not uncommon.
Two's company, three's a crowd?
“Star Wars” showed us a planet with two suns in the sky. Now a UNLV researcher and an international team are doing one better: They may have identified the first planet orbiting around three stars.
A discovery was recently made by UNLV astronomers 1,300 light years away from earth.
Forget about one or two sunsets — three might be possible in this solar system.
Two's company, three's a crowd?
The existence of a circumtriple planet demonstrates that planets may form in any system, even in the most strange ways.
Researchers believe they may have discovered the very first instance of a planet orbiting three stars at once, although they still haven’t seen it yet.
A Jupiter-sized world may be kicking up dust in the triple-star system GW Ori.
Zooming to the future.