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Artist's rendering of planet 8 Ursae Minoris b – also known as "Halla" – amid the field of debris after a violent merger of two stars. The planet might have survived the merger, but also might be an entirely new planet formed from the debris. W. M. Keck Observatory/Adam Makarenko

8 Ursae Minoris b: The Planet That Shouldn’t Be There

The discovery: A large planet is somehow orbiting a star that should have destroyed it.

by SpaceRef October 2, 2023July 15, 2024