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University of Michigan: Planets of Binary Stars - Targets in the Search for Alien Life
May 24, 2022
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, May 24 (TNSjou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release:

Planetary systems around stars the size of our sun are obvious targets for astronomers trying to locate extraterrestrial life forms, and nearly every second star in that category is a binary star.

New research from Denmark and the University of Michigan indicates that planetary systems are formed in a very different way around binary stars--two stars gravitationally bou . . .

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