Two stars brighten the sky above Kepler-35b, a planet discovered by the Kepler spacecraft, in this artist's concept. The planet orbits the two stars once every 131 days, giving it double sunrises and sunsets like those depicted for the planet Tatooine in "Star Wars." [© Mark A. Garlick / space-art.co.uk]
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