NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has found a white dwarf star, G29-38, within the Pisces constellation that’s consuming close by planets, turning them into sizzling plasma.
Astronomers from the College of California report that collisions between super-Jupiter planets and stars can create shock waves robust sufficient to expel a star’s ambiance into house.
Rogue planets, ejected from their authentic orbits, are estimated to quantity within the billions inside the Milky Approach, presenting a big thriller for scientists.
Analysis means that rogue planets may doubtlessly harbor life beneath their icy surfaces, as they might retain warmth from their cores for billions of years.
The exoplanet PSR B1257+12, often known as Poltergeist, orbits a pulsar and is believed to have fashioned from house particles, regardless of the cruel radiation circumstances it endures.
Beta Pictoris b, a fuel large situated 63 light-years from Earth, displays an unexplained excessive temperature of 1,451°C, difficult present theories of planetary formation.
GJ 3512 b, a fuel large half the dimensions of Jupiter, orbits a purple dwarf star, defying earlier beliefs in regards to the formation of fuel giants round smaller stars.