in which Kepler the Planet Hunter finds Tatooine

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. . . or a reasonable facsimile.  Yes, at least one planet outside of the Star Wars universe really does orbit two suns -- and NASA's Kepler mission has found it, about two hundred light-years from Earth.

Thanks to science_at_nasa, you can read all about this remarkably cool discovery here.

Or, there's a very interesting animation and other facts about Tatooine Kepler-16b here.