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 scorching plasma.
Astronomers from the College of California discovered that collisions between super-Jupiter planets and stars can create shock waves robust sufficient to expel a star’s environment into area.
Rogue planets, ejected from their unique orbits, are estimated to quantity within the billions throughout the Milky Approach, presenting a big thriller for scientists.
Analysis means that life may probably exist on rogue planets, as they might retain warmth from their cores and have circumstances just like these present in Antarctica’s subglacial lakes.
The exoplanet PSR B1257+12, often called Poltergeist, orbits a pulsar and is believed to have fashioned from area particles, regardless of the tough 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 current 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.