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Astronomy news for spooky season: a zombie planet orbiting a dead (but still hostile) star.
Evidence suggests the following:
Star dies, expels outer layers, becomes white dwarf. Gas giant forms from the debris. White dwarf is now blasting planet with radiation, shearing off some of its atmosphere.
science.nasa.gov
Suspected Second-generation Planet Solves NASA Hubble Cold Case - NASA Science
New analysis of archival Hubble data points to the possibility of "dead" white dwarf stars hosting second-generation planetary systems.