Earth-like planets in dead star 'cosmic graveyards' get stranger - Space.com

The first world found orbiting a pulsar is rarer than previously believed, deepening the mystery of how planets survive around violent dead stars.

New findings show that Earth-size planets may be even less likely to survive the violent conditions at the end of some stars' lives than previously believed. This means that the first exoplanet disco… [+4960 chars]

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