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Astronomers set upper limit on planets in 70 Oph AB binary system

New telescope observations have placed bounds on possible orbiting bodies, researchers reported this week.

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Researchers have set an upper limit on planets within the 70 Oph AB binary star system. This is not an absolute ban, and other planets may still exist in the system, according to Yiting Li of the University of Michigan astronomy department.[1]