New Jupiter-like planet is largest yet discovered orbiting two stars

Spotted using data from the Kepler space telescope, the gas giant, dubbed Kepler-1647b, has one of the longest orbits recorded for a transiting planet

A gas giant 3,700 light years away is the largest planet yet to be found orbiting two stars, scientists have revealed.

Dubbed Kepler-1647b, the Jupiter-like planet lies in the constellation Cygnus, and was spotted by astronomers examining data from the Kepler space telescope - an instrument launched in 2009 to look for potentially habitable planets beyond our solar system.