Chinese astronomers find planets that somehow avoided death by red giant stars

South China Morning Post • 10/28/2026

Summary

Chinese astronomers have discovered three solar systems where planets, which should have been consumed by their aging stars turning into red giants, have somehow survived. This finding, led by Qian Shengbang from Yunnan University using NASA's TESS space telescope, involves three Jupiter-like planets orbiting aging stars in the northern sky.

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