BOUNDLESS EXPANSE 3D

WD 1856 b

EXOPLANET · circling a dead star
WD 1856 b
AI illustration of the real object
STAR a white dwarfODDITY the planet is bigger than its sun

A giant planet circling a white dwarf, the burned out core of a dead star, and here the planet is several times larger than its own sun. It must have migrated inward after the star's violent red giant phase, somehow surviving the chaos. Proof that planets can outlive their stars, which raises a personal question: some of our planets will outlive the Sun too.

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