A massive planet circles a huge star doomed to explode - Nature.com

• RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT
• 15 August 2022

Confirmation of a second planet around the star μ² Scorpii would indicate the first planetary system at a supernova-in-waiting.

A planet called μ² Sco b (inner white dot at 4 o’clock) circles a star that will eventually flame out in an enormous explosion. Credit: V. Squicciarini et al./Astron. Astrophys. (CC BY 4.0)

A planet, and an object likely to be a planet, orbit a heavyweight star so massive that it will end its life in a spectacular explosion. The pair could comprise the first planetary system yet to be discovered around a star destined to form a supernova¹.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-02166-0

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