EXCLUSIVE: Binary star systems may eject planets into space


By Jared Brody, The Space Reporter
Monday, January 07, 2013

EXCLUSIVE: Binary star systems may eject planets into space

Few theoretical prospects are more terrifying than that of Earth suddenly being flung out of orbit and into interstellar space, increasingly far from the light and heat of our sun. Thankfully this is a remote possibility for our world– but it is a very real concern for exoplanets born into widely separated two-star systems... To continue reading, subscribe to The Space Reporter today.

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