Circumbinary castaways: Short-period binary systems can eject orbiting worlds

On: April 12, 2018

Planets orbiting “short-period” binary stars, or stars locked in close orbital embrace, can be ejected off into space as a consequence of their host stars’ evolution, according to new research from the University of Washington.

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