Scientists at NASA have discovered a real-life Star Wars planet called Kepler-16b, “which orbits a red and an orange star in the constellation Cygnus, 200 light-years from Earth.” Video after the break.
It certainly wouldn’t be a desert. The planet is most like Saturn in our own solar system – too cold for life as we know it, most likely with a thick, gassy atmosphere.
[via MSNBC]