Illustration of a white dwarf star with a large planet orbiting it

Dead star HS 0209+0832 is destroying its Jupiter-sized 'Phoenix' planet

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Astronomers observed that the white dwarf star HS 0209+0832 triggered the formation of a large Jupiter-sized planet orbiting it, described as a 'Phoenix' planet. This discovery is surprising as the dead star is now in the process of destroying the very planet it helped create.

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