A Scorching Phoenix Planet May Solve a 3-Decade-Old Astronomical Cold Case

"This pattern of elements is a telltale sign of the 's-process,' a nuclear reaction that builds heavy elements inside dying ...
Newswise

Suspected Second-Generation Planet Solves NASA Hubble Cold Case

For more than a quarter century, unidentified chemical signatures from a white dwarf star have laid dormant in the archive of ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Like a Mythical Phoenix, This Planet May Have Risen From the Ashes of a Dead Star

The “second-generation” world, predicted from telescope data, could be the first known planet of its kind, and it may shed ...
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)

NASA’s SPHEREx Telescope Sees Menagerie of Brown Dwarfs

NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer) space telescope ...

A dying star may have birthed a planet right before it croaked

Star Trek: The next generation (of planets).

Dead star likely birthed a new planet, in astronomical first

“It’s a chemical signature no ordinary, ‘first-generation’ planet should carry, which told us that this new planet was ...

Scientists discover planet that may have formed from dead star

Scientists said in a study published Monday that they have found an apparent first: a planet that seems to have formed from ...

Scientists find 'phoenix' planet that was born from a dying star

Scientists discover unique ‘phoenix’ planet that was born from a dying star - World is made up of pieces of a dying sun, ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Could Pluto Once Again Be Considered a Planet? New Remarks From NASA’s Administrator Highlight an Enduring Debate Among Scientists

For decades, scientists and the general public have argued over the astronomical status of beloved dwarf planet Pluto. In the latest salvo, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said that he was “very ...
Mashable

In another star system, a Pluto-like world survived until the bitter end

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope detected material from a Pluto-like body spiraling into a white dwarf star 260 light-years away from Earth. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / Tim Pyle illustration For the ...