ScienceCasts: Weird Planets

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Once, astronomers thought planets couldn't form around binary stars. Now Kepler has found a whole system of planets orbiting a double star. This finding shows that planetary systems are weirder and more abundant than previously thought.

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[Brian G]

No one will explain because there is not one. I know the whole brown dwarf rouge planet in the ort belt idea. Trust me, if it was on its way it would already look like another sun in the night sky. If it's too far for that, beyond the edge of the solar system, how the hell is it going to get here in 3 months? Faster than the speed of light? NASA can identified a galaxy nearly thirteen billion light years away this month, I think they could see a gigantic mystery planet/star in our solar system.

[Katrina Yarbro]

Kepler-47b might be size of Neptune- therefore making it less earth-like...

However, Neptune have thirteen moons, making it possible that maybe Kepler-47b might have natural satellites that supports life. :D

[Jerod Overfield]

I wonder if there any planets that have life on them that have two stars that might take about 5000 years before I can answer to that question

[seniorgrocco]

There is a planet made entirely out of diamong ore

[whamyshazamcram]

/watch?v=ilNY35XtyYw watch this or skip to 36 min into it but you should watch the whole thing or the first 50 min

[whamyshazamcram]

nah thats some home work for you haha

[arronlee33]

That's some homework for you my friend. ;-)

[whamyshazamcram]

theres a type planet orbit that orbits like an oval and goes really close to the sun then far away past all the other planets and that would explain planet x if we had one but why would the gov keep the a secret it would be pointless there are many planets like that in other solar systems though

[whamyshazamcram]

didnt find any thing that proved it and if there was a 10th planet, planet x it wouldnt look like a sun as it past by

[arronlee33]

Just search "Two Suns In The Sky" in Youtube.

[whamyshazamcram]

Please explain why we never saw two suns on dec 2012. Please explain why you posted such a stupid comment. Please talk about it. Thanks!

[cristhian alejandro aquilar rey]

Lol