‘Phoenix planet’ may have formed from a dead star’s ashes
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Mon, 5 October 2026
3 reports- ABC (Spain)15:42first to report
Un planeta nacido de las cenizas de su estrella muerta. La sola idea parece fruto de la imaginación desbocada de algún guionista, pero es justo lo que acaba de proponer un equipo internacional de astrónomos de la Universidad de Warwick tras estudiar una enana blanca llamada HS 0209+0832. La atmósfera de ese mundo, en efecto, contiene una combinación de elementos químicos que apunta a que se formó después de la muerte de la propia estrella, a partir del material que esta arrojó al espacio...
- Google News - Top Stories15:58
‘Phoenix planet’ may have formed from a dead star’s ashes CNN Discovery of a second-generation planet candidate accreting onto a white dwarf Nature Suspected Second-generation Planet Solves NASA Hubble Cold Case NASA Science (.gov) The phoenix planet: Astronomers find a world reborn from its star's ashes Phys.org A ‘phoenix’ planet was born from the ashes of its dead star Science News
- Google News - Top Stories23:03
Discovery of a second-generation planet candidate accreting onto a white dwarf Nature ‘Phoenix planet’ may have formed from a dead star’s ashes CNN Suspected Second-generation Planet Solves NASA Hubble Cold Case NASA Science (.gov) 'Completely unexpected' Phoenix planet was born from the ashes of a dying star Space The phoenix planet: Astronomers find a world reborn from its star's ashes Phys.org
Tue, 6 October 2026
5 reports- Google News - Top Stories05:25Scientists find planet made on new matter recipe, and it formed after a Red Giant ate a solar system
Scientists find planet made on new matter recipe, and it formed after a Red Giant ate a solar system The Register Discovery of a second-generation planet candidate accreting onto a white dwarf Nature Astronomers Solve Cosmic Cold Case with NASA Hubble Data NASA (.gov) ‘Phoenix planet’ may have formed from a dead star’s ashes CNN Astronomers find ‘phoenix planet’ born from ashes of a dying star The Times of India
- ANSA (Italy)05:28
Apre domande sul futuro del Sistema Solare dopo la morte del Sole
- Wirtualna Polska (Poland)11:25
Astronomowie znaleźli ślady obiektu, który może być pierwszą zaobserwowaną planetą drugiej generacji. Świat miałby powstać z materii wyrzuconej przez umierającą gwiazdę, a następnie krążyć wokół pozostałego po niej białego karła HS 0209+0832. Wyniki opisano 5 października w "Nature Astronomy".
- Channel News Asia13:37
- Times of India19:24
A team of astronomers has discovered a second-generation planet orbiting a white dwarf named HS 0209+0832. This planet formed from the material that the white dwarf expelled during its death. The atmosphere of the white dwarf contains heavy elements such as zinc, copper, and niobium. This discovery could change the way astronomers search for similar planets around dead stars.
Wed, 7 October 2026
3 reports- Japan Times01:00
The planet is classified as a second-generation planet, meaning it did not form from a newborn star, but rather from the leftovers of a doomed star.
- shafaqna.com06:55
Astronomers found a phoenix planet born from a dying star's debris. The exoplanet orbits a white dwarf, mirroring the mythical bird's rebirth from ashes.
- Google News - Top Stories16:22
A "Phoenix" World: Scientists Spot Planet Born From Ashes Of A Dead Star NDTV Suspected Second-generation Planet Solves NASA Hubble Cold Case NASA Science (.gov) Astronomers Spot Possible Second-Generation Planet around Young White Dwarf Sci.News Like a Mythical Phoenix, This Planet May Have Risen From the Ashes of a Dead Star Smithsonian Magazine Hubble Space Telescope may have found a planet born after its star died ScienceDaily
Mon, 12 October 2026
1 report- The Hill13:25
Most known planets are first-generation planets, formed when a star is born.