Astronomers have made the groundbreaking discovery of an exoplanet whose orbit is deteriorating as it orbits an ancient star. According to Psychdaily, this doomed planet, which was first detected by the Kepler space telescope, is on a collision course with the star in it that is expanding itself and eventually destroying it.
The discovery of an exoplanet whose orbit decays as it orbits an ancient star provides new understanding of the gradual process of planetary orbital collapse, providing the first glimpse of a solar system in its final stages. It is believed to be the fate of the star being swallowed. According to scientists, the final fate of many planets, including Earth, about 5 billion years ago, an exoplanet Kepler -1568 b He has 3 million years left to live.
“Theorists have predicted the fate of stars and their planets for decades, but we’ve never had the observations to test them before,” said Ashley Chontos, a Henry Norris Russell postdoctoral fellow in astrophysics at Princeton University. We can also consider this. In terms of our solar system, how long will Earth survive when the sun fuses all of its hydrogen into helium? helped solidify these different theories.”
