Scientists from the IAA-CSIC are involved in the discovery of a system formed by a white dwarf star and a planet similar to Jupiter. The discovery, published in Nature, shows that planets can survive the death of their star.
White dwarf star and Jupiter-like planet system discovered
Planetary system found similar to the future of the Solar System after the Sun's death
In about five billion years, the Sun will run out of fuel and begin to collapse under its own weight, a process that will heat and expand the outer layers, which will engulf the orbits of Mercury, Venus, and perhaps the Earth. This red giant stage will be followed by a stage in which the envelope will expand freely to form a planetary nebula, with the bare core of what was once the Sun, a white dwarf star, still glowing at its centre.
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