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Comments on: Spitzer spies potential planet-harbouring binaries

Hmmm... 

Posted Saturday 31st March 2007 17:29 GMT

...published on the first of April?

orbital paths 

Posted Saturday 31st March 2007 21:07 GMT

Is it possible that a planet could take a figure of eight orbit around the two stars in a binary system?

re: orbital paths 

Posted Monday 2nd April 2007 14:20 GMT

It is believed unlikely. But it was thought nigh impossible for planets to form around binary systems...

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