This planet orbiting a dead star provides a glimpse into the fate of the solar system
This Jupiter-sized world narrowly avoided destruction when its star died … as our sun should in about five billion years. Perhaps the luckiest planet in the Milky Way is moving about 6,500 light years from Earth, towards the center of our galaxy: a vast gaseous world that was almost destroyed by its dying star. Astronomers…
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