Undead Planets: The Bizarre Conditions of the First Exoplanet Detection - SciTechDaily

30 years ago, the first-ever exoplanets were discovered around a rapidly rotating star, called a pulsar. Now, astronomers have revealed that these planets may be extremely uncommon. Iuliana Nițu, a PhD student at the University of Manchester will present the …

ByRoyal Astronomical SocietyJuly 10, 2022 Artist impression of the pulsar-planet system PSR B1257+12 detected in 1992. The pulsar and three radiation-doused planets are all that remains of a dead st… [+3984 chars]

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