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This Giant Planet Survived the Death of its Star

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July 3, 2026 • 61 views
Original source: Universe Today

Some planets can survive when their main sequence stars "die" and evolve into red giants. Astronomers have found several of them. One of them in particular is orbiting extremely close to its star, providing an opportunity to study it with the JWST to determine how it got there.

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