Planet HS 0209+0832 formed from debris of a dead star

Astronomers have identified a second-generation planet in the constellation Cygnus that emerged from stellar ejecta rather than a protoplanetary disk.

Theo Anand

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The planet HS 0209+0832 formed from debris ejected when its parent star died, rather than from the original protoplanetary disk. ^[1]