NASA's Kepler probe has discovered a solar system orbiting twin suns. Thrilled scientists announced the discovery of the Kepler 47 system a few hours ago, via a reference to Star Wars (naturally). "It's Tatooine, right?" said astronomer Michael Endl of the University of Texas' McDonald Observatory, which is working with the Kepler data. NASA's Kepler probe flies around the galaxy looking for places with the conditions for life. A NASA description of the mission (read it here, it's fun) explains that the probe "is specifically designed to survey our region of the Milky Way galaxy to ... Read More
