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Kepler-47, the first (and so far only) multi-planet circumbinary system around two main-sequence stars, just got a whole lot more interesting with the confirmation of a much larger third planet. https://www.space.com/amp/third-alien-planet-in-tatooine-system-kepler-47.html The new planet, Kepler-47d, is roughly 7 Earth radii and orbits every 187.4 days in the inner portion of the system’s habitable zone. That makes Kepler-47 the only system with TWO circumbinary habitable zone planets, a title that is probably going to be hard to beat. However, before anyone gets excited about potentially habitable exomoons, it should be noted that all three planets are extremely puffy — Kepler-47c could only be 3-5 times the mass of Earth despite being bigger than Neptune — so they probably aren’t massive enough to form or capture moons large enough to hold a significant atmosphere.
