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We have a new exoplanet announcement this morning – no, it’s not phosphine, or aliens!!! :D It’s the first planet found orbiting a white dwarf host star!
Okay what does that mean and why is it cool (literally and figuratively!).
nature.com/articles/s4158…
Okay what does that mean and why is it cool (literally and figuratively!).
nature.com/articles/s4158…
White dwarfs are remnant cores of stars like the Sun after they’ve used up all their hydrogen and helium. Our Sun will become a white dwarf in ~5 billion years, or what will feel like roughly another two months of 2020.
Time is relative.
Time is relative.
The inner planets (Mercury, Venus, and possibly Earth) will be engulfed as the star balloons up to a red giant, rapidly burning through its remaining reserves of fuel. Then it will puff off those outer layers to become a planetary nebulae! 
