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May 13

Hubble finds dead stars "polluted" with planetary debris

Source:ESA/Hubble Science Release heic1309

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The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has found signs of Earth-like planets in an unlikely place: the atmospheres of a pair of burnt-out stars in a nearby star cluster. The white dwarf stars are being polluted by debris from asteroid-like objects falling onto them. This discovery suggests that rocky planet assembly is common in clusters, say researchers. (read more)

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