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Saturn-mass world discovered orbiting two low-mass stars

Researchers report the discovery of a Saturn-sized exoplanet orbiting two M-dwarf stars, which are smaller and cooler than our sun. The findings from this discovery were published in the The Astronomical Journal and were made using a lesser-known exoplanet discovery method known as gravitational mi...

Saturn-mass world discovered orbiting two low-mass stars
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Researchers report the discovery of a Saturn-sized exoplanet orbiting two M-dwarf stars, which are smaller and cooler than our sun. The findings from this discovery were published in the The Astronomical Journal and were made using a lesser-known exoplanet discovery method known as gravitational microlensing, or microlensing for short.

Originally published at Phys.org

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