By Stephen Beech

An "extra exceptional" Tatooine-like exoplanet , orbiting two suns, has been discovered.

Astronomers say the "huge" new world is six times the size of Jupiter despite only forming 50 million years after the dinosaurs went extinct.

And it hugs its twin stars more tightly than any other directly imaged planet in a binary system.

While obtaining an image of a planet beyond our solar system is already rare, finding one that circles two suns is even rarer.

The new exoplanet is six times closer to its suns than other previously discovered exoplanets, according to a study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters .

Many people are familiar with the iconic scene from the movie Star Wars when Luke Skywalker gazes up at the binary stars that his home planet Tatooine

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