A white dwarf’s unusual chemistry points to a giant planet containing material shed during the star’s death. If confirmed, the system would provide the first evidence of a second-generation planet ...

White dwarfs, the glowing cores of dead stars, often host disks of dusty debris. However, these debris disks only appear 10-20 millions of years following the star’s violent Red Giant phase. A new ...

After a star like the Sun reaches the end of its life, a new planet may be born from its remains—a strong candidate for the ...

Star Trek: The next generation (of planets).

Astronomers have identified potential evidence of a second-generation planet formed from the remnants of a white dwarf star, ...

Astronomers may have identified the first second-generation planet candidate around a white dwarf a possible Jupiter-sized ...

This discovery proves that planet formation isn't just a one-time event that happens when a star is young.

What you'll discover in this article ・The peculiar chemical signature discovered in the atmosphere of a white dwarf indicates ...

A white dwarf is the dense stellar core, usually about the Earth’s size, that is left behind after a star runs out of nuclear fuel and collapses. Most white dwarfs are formed from the evolution of a ...

In our nearby stellar neighborhood, a burned-out star is snacking on a fragment of a Pluto-like object. With its unique ultraviolet capability, only NASA's Hubble Space Telescope could identify that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Illustration of an early stage of an icy body being torn apart by the intense gravity of a white dwarf By Will Dunham WASHINGTON ...