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Chinese astronomers find planets that survived red giant stars

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Chinese astronomers have discovered three planetary systems where planets have survived the red giant phase of their host stars, defying previous predictions. These findings, made using NASA's TESS space telescope, suggest that the long-term evolution of planetary systems, including our own Solar System, may be more complex than currently understood. The survival of these planets challenges existing models of stellar evolution and planetary fate. AI

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Ling Xin ·

    Chinese astronomers find planets that somehow avoided death by red giant stars

    When a star like our sun grows old, it puffs up into a red giant that can gobble up its nearest planets. But Chinese astronomers say they have found three solar systems where planets should have been eaten this way yet somehow survived – a puzzle that could change how scientists …

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