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First-ever evidence of a second-generation planet detected around dead star

By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — In a cosmic first, scientists say they have detected a planet that may have formed from the burned remains of its dead host star. The planet is likely a gas giant orbiting a white dwarf called HS 0209+0832 located about 270 light-years from Earth, according to the a...

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