Gas Giants Around White Dwarfs: How Planets Survive Stellar Death cover art

Gas Giants Around White Dwarfs: How Planets Survive Stellar Death

Gas Giants Around White Dwarfs: How Planets Survive Stellar Death

Listen for free

View show details

About this listen

This episode explores new research showing that while most planets are destroyed when stars become red giants, a small number of gas giants can survive.

By staying in wide orbits or migrating toward a white dwarf, these rare worlds endure stellar death—explaining why Jupiter-like planets are so uncommon around dead stars.

This episode includes AI-generated content.
No reviews yet
In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.