Astronomers have discovered a planet whose skies are illuminated by four different suns.
Its orbit consists of two bands with stars a very rare phenomenon that in astronomy.
The discovery was made by some volunteers who have used the website Planethunters.org along with a team of UK and U.S. institutions, while observations are made from the Keck Observatory.
Planet, which is only 5,000 light-years away, is labeled PH1 by site Hunters planets (Planet Hunters).
He is supposed to be a "gas giant" little bigger than Neptune, but more than six times the size of Earth.
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