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Planet found orbiting 3 stars at once, with giant dust rings (bigthink.com)
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It was long thought that planets couldnโ€™t stably orbit systems containing three stars. GW Orionis is the first counterexample.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 47 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Oh no. The trisolarians are coming!

[โ€“] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Roll me up and throw me on the pile until the next epoch.

[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Dehydrate!

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Hydrate me when the next stable era comes along.