Scientists discover first-ever planet with four suns

October 16, 2012 12:30

A team of amateur astronomers has discovered a new planet, six times the size of Earth and surrounded by four suns in a first-of-its-kind phenomenon. The planet located around 5,000 light years from Earth orbits one pair of stars and is in turn circled by a second pair.

As a result, a total of four stars light up its skies. So far scientists have identified six circumbinary planets - orbiting two stars instead of one - but none of these have further suns orbiting them, making the quadruple star system named KIC 4862625 one-of-its-kind.

The planet was discovered by two US volunteers using the Planet Hunters project led by a team from Yale University, the Daily Mail reported.

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