Munoz and Lai suggest scouting for exoplanet - caused disturbances for compact binary star systems, to determine a new population of circumbinary planets. (sciencedaily.com)
The findings help explain why astronomers have detected few circumbinary planets — which orbit stars that in turn orbit each other — despite observing thousands of short - term binary stars, or ones with orbital periods of 10 days or less. (sciencedaily.com)
New research from the University of Washington indicates that certain shot - period binary star systems eject circumbinary planets as a consequence of the host stars» evolution. (sciencedaily.com)