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There are planets that orbit two stars at the same time.

Why it is true

NASA s Kepler telescope confirmed the existence of planets that orbit two suns, such as Kepler-16b. These worlds, called circumbinary, have two sunrises and two sunsets every day and may have double skies similar to those of Tatooine in science fiction.

Source: NASA

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