Einsteinian Gravity Explains Why Circumbinary Planets Are So Rare
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A new study shows general relativity alters the three-body dynamics around tight binary stars, progressively destabilizing circumbinary planets and helping explain their scarcity and the difficulty of detecting them.
Topics:science#circumbinary-planets#exoplanets#general-relativity#kepler-16b#space-and-spaceflight#three-body-problem
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