A technique that planet hunters have never used at scale has found 27 candidate worlds orbiting binary star pairs — and exposed a structural gap in how astronomy has been counting planets for decades.

Astronomers have identified 27 potential circumbinary planets—worlds orbiting two stars—using a novel detection method called apsidal precession. The discovery, timed with Star Wars Day, could more ...

There's so little we know about circumbinary planets—planets that orbit two stars instead of one—that they can feel like the stuff of fantasy. And for good reason: to date, we've only confirmed the ...

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