BEBOP-1c: A Rare Tatooine-Like Exoplanet Orbiting Twin Stars

Astronomers have discovered a second planet, BEBOP-1c, in the rare multiplanetary circumbinary system BEBOP-1 or TOI-1338. The planet was discovered using the Doppler method and has an orbital period of 215 days and a mass 65 times larger than Earth. Circumbinary systems contain planets that orbit around two stars in the center instead of just one, like in our Solar System. The discovery is essential in expanding our knowledge about planetary creation around two stars.