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Comparison of the relative sizes of several circumbinary planets. Kepler-1647b is substantially larger than any of the previously known circumbinary planets. Image credit: Lynette Cook.

Kepler-1647b: Astronomers Discover Circumbinary Planet 3,700 Light-Years Away

Jun 13, 2016 by Natali Anderson

Astronomers using NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope have found a Jupiter-like exoplanet orbiting around a pair of Sun-like stars. Comparison of the relative...