Relax on Kepler-16b - Where your shadow always has company
Jet Propulsion Laboratory https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/ Aug. 12, 2015
Like Luke Skywalker's planet "Tatooine" in Star Wars, Kepler-16b orbits a pair of stars. Depicted here as a terrestrial planet, Kepler-16b might also be a gas giant like Saturn. Prospects for life on this unusual world aren't good, as it has a temperature similar to that of dry ice. But the discovery indicates that the movie's iconic double-sunset is anything but science fiction.Download print version