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The 365 Days of Astronomy

Astronomy Cast Ep. 789: What Happens When a Planet's Star Dies

30 min6 april 2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Me0MNCIuLs8

Hosted by: Fraser Cain (@frasercain) and Dr. Pamela L. Gay (@CosmoQuest)

Streamed live on Mar 30, 2026.

A star like the Sun only lasts about 10 billion years and it becomes a red giant and finally a white dwarf. This is catastrophic for some of the planets, consumed by the expanding red giant star. But most survive. What happens next in the long, slow cooling to the background temperature of the Universe?

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