NASA discovers Tatooine

[SliceOfDog]

... sort of. They've discovered a planet with 2 suns, at any rate.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14940885

With all the amazing discoveries that have been being made in space recently (this, the diamond planet, the blackhole being seen during activity) I have to be wondering is NASA had discovered all of this ages ago, and are releasing it now as a middle finger to their funding being diminished.

There's also the less dignified idea that they're begging for it back ("See, dad? I painted the fence and walked the dog and did my homework. Can I please have my allowance again?") but let's pretend it's the first one.

[Daryn]

A double sunset would be pretty cool to see, that's for sure. They think it's uninhabitable though. I wonder though if the same conditions couldn't work for an inhabitable planet.