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Scientists Spot Hints of Potentially Habitable Planet Near Dead Star

Sputnik International

By Daria Bedenko

February 12, 2022

When stars run out of their fuel and die, they often burn out and turn into white dwarfs – the remains of the stellar core, that consists mostly of electron-degenerate matter.
There could be a habitable planet in the vicinity of a white star observed by scientists from UCL, who spotted a ring of planetary debris studded with moon-sized structures orbiting close to the dead star.