Kepler-16b, which is 245 light-years from the solar ... planets have been found in binary stars systems, some of which even orbit both stars. Of the 2,662 exoplanets found by the Kepler Space ...

But since the combined mass of the two stars is still less than our sun, Kepler-16b’s Venus-like orbit is most likely a cold one. An animation of Kepler-16b’s orbit: Binary star systems ...

Last September, NASA’s planet-hunting Kepler mission announced the discovery of Kepler-16b, a “circumbinary ... scientists already showed that a planet can orbit a binary star system ...

And while this "Tatooine" is uninhabitable, an Earthlike moon in Kepler-16b's orbit could sustain life, the researchers said. The group isn't yet ready to say whether a moon could have formed ...

This alien world travels on a nearly circular 229-day orbit around its two parent stars, Kepler-16A and Kepler-16B, which are about 69 and 20 percent as massive as the sun, respectively.

NASA's Kepler mission has discovered a world where two suns set over the horizon instead of just one. The planet, called Kepler-16b, is not thought ... exomoon in orbit around Jupiter- and Saturn ...

Kepler-16b, the first exoplanet confirmed to orbit a pair of stars. Kepler-16b, the first exoplanet confirmed to orbit a pair of stars. NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt Mini-Neptunes: Kepler's planet ...

This artist’s concept illustrates Kepler-16b, the first planet known ... one star appears to cross the other’s path for a short while. As bodies orbit closely taking 10 days or less, Fleming ...