A team of astronomers observed a confused exoplanet orbiting its two parent stars in a highly unusual way. As New Scientist reports, the planet, which was first discovered in 2004, is located in a system called Nu Octantis 72 light-years away, and is twice the size of Jupiter. Physicists thought its mere existence was impossible due to its extremely close proximity to its twin stars. But according to a new paper published in the journal Nature, an international team of researchers proposes a wild new theory to support its existence. They propose that one of the stars and the planet […]