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A gas giant may have formed from the remains of its dead star
A post says it circles white dwarf HS 0209+0832 every 4.4 days as the star slowly consumes its atmosphere.
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A post says Warwick astronomers found a gas giant that seems to have formed from the remains of its dead star. It circles white dwarf HS 0209+0832 every 4.4 days, while the star slowly consumes its atmosphere, according to the post. Space.com describes planets formed from material shed by dying stars as rare “second-generation” worlds.
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