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| Tango01 | 16 Sep 2020 4:13 p.m. PST |
… Dwarf Star. "The unprecedented discovery of a Jupiter-sized planet in orbit around a white dwarf star suggests it's possible for planets to survive the tumultuous death throes of their parent stars. Imagine a dim, late-stage star roughly the size of Earth with a gigantic Jupiter-sized planet orbiting around it every 34 hours. It would be a bizarre sight, with the smaller but denser object seemingly in control of the visually mismatched celestial configuration. A white dwarf could fit inside Jupiter's Great Red Spot, to give you a sense of how odd this star system would look…"
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