A Real-Life 'Star Wars' Discovery, Einstein Vindicated Again, and Solving a Deadly 4000-Year-Old Mystery

A Real-Life 'Star Wars' Discovery, Einstein Vindicated Again, and Solving a Deadly 4000-Year-Old Mystery

(Credit: ESO, ESA/Hubble, M. Kornmesser) This week in news from The Debrief, researchers analyzing old telescope images have identified a “Star Wars–style” world orbiting two suns—one of several suspicious objects hinting that our catalog of unusual exoplanets is far from complete. Meanwhile, physicists observed a black hole twisting spacetime itself, capturing the elusive effect Einstein predicted more than a century ago and offering what one r…