When our sun reaches the end of its life, it will expand to 100 times its current size, enveloping the Earth. Many planets in other solar systems face a similar doom as their host stars grow old. But not all hope is lost, as astronomers from the University of Hawai i Institute for Astronomy (UH IfA) have made the remarkable discovery of a planet's survival after what should have been certain demise at the hands of its sun.
When our sun reaches the end of its life, it will expand to 100 times its current size, enveloping the Earth. Many planets in other solar systems face a similar doom as their host stars grow old. But not all hope is lost, as astronomers from the University of Hawai i Institute for Astronomy (UH IfA) have made the remarkable discovery of a planet's survival after what should have been certain demise at the hands of its sun.
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