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Stars Like Our Sun May Still Support Life After They Die. There's Just One Problem. (www.sciencealert.com)

submitted 2 years ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/astronomy@mander.xyz

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[–] Mandarbmax@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Saving you a click: Sun like stars turn into a red giant which is hard to live near and destroys nearby planets. After that red giants turn into white dwarfs which are possible to survive near but normally there aren't any planets left to live on.

The article is about them discovering a jupiter size planet around a white dwarf

[–] notfromhere@lemmy.one 3 points 2 years ago

Thanks. I didn’t want to click the bait.

[–] Gloomy@mander.xyz 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Thanks. If anybody is interested, I saved this article about said planet. It does, imho, a good job of going a bit deeper into the paper without beeing to technical (speaking from a lay persons perspective)

https://www.universetoday.com/154536/planet-found-in-the-habitable-zone-of-a-white-dwarf/