Is this the place where Obi-Wan Kenobi had the high ground?
an Earth-sized exoplanet that appears to be absolutely covered with volcanoes.
In fact, according to their findings, it could rival the most volcanically active celestial body in our solar system, Jupiter's moon Io."Star Wars" universe, a volcanic hellscape that serves as the backdrop for the epic showdown between Obi-Wan Kenobi and his former pupil Darth Vader in "Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith" — and, weirdly, the planet VaderThe team of scientists examined data from NASA's TESS and the retired Spitzer Space Telescope.
There's only a slim chance the planet dubbed LP 791-18 d, which circles a small red dwarf star in a tidally locked orbit roughly 90 light-years away, could host any liquid water. Yet it's still within its star's habitable zone, an area where scientists say it's technically possible for liquid water to exist.
"The day side would probably be too hot for liquid water to exist on the surface," said Björn Benneke, co-author of a
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