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The one thing 'Star Wars' gets right about science

Spoiler: It's got nothing to do with midichlorians

The one thing 'Star Wars' gets right about science

Spoiler: It's got nothing to do with midichlorians

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The one thing 'Star Wars' gets right about science

Spoiler: It's got nothing to do with midichlorians

During the 2018 "Cosmos: Possible Worlds" panel at Comic-Con, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson credited "Star Wars" with getting one scientific concept correct.And it happens to be on Tatooine."In 'Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope,' Luke comes out and he sees a double sunset," Tyson said."That is the only scientifically accurate thing in all of 'Star Wars.' No, in all seriousness, more than half the stars you see in the night sky are double and multiple star systems and no one had thought to put a planet around any of them."So the fact this was portrayed in 'Star Wars,' I'll just give a shoutout to that exercise in bringing the rest of the star family into the storytelling that unfolded."He elaborated, "You can't have a stable orbit if the stars are too far apart because your orbital allegiance would get challenged, depending on where you are."Those two stars were close enough together so that this planet's orbit would orbit them both and see gravitationally only one object, thereby keeping a stable orbit. So they even got that right."Check out the trailer for the upcoming "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" in the related video above.

During the 2018 "Cosmos: Possible Worlds" panel at Comic-Con, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson credited "Star Wars" with getting one scientific concept correct.

And it happens to be on Tatooine.

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"In 'Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope,' Luke comes out and he sees a double sunset," Tyson .

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"That is the only scientifically accurate thing in all of 'Star Wars.' No, in all seriousness, more than half the stars you see in the night sky are double and multiple star systems and no one had thought to put a planet around any of them.

"So the fact this was portrayed in 'Star Wars,' I'll just give a shoutout to that exercise in bringing the rest of the star family into the storytelling that unfolded."

He elaborated, "You can't have a stable orbit if the stars are too far apart because your orbital allegiance would get challenged, depending on where you are.

"Those two stars were close enough together so that this planet's orbit would orbit them both and see gravitationally only one object, thereby keeping a stable orbit. So they even got that right."

Check out the trailer for the upcoming "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" in the related video above.