The American SetA Late Bloom in the Heavens: Astronomers Find a World Born from a Star's Final Chapter
Astronomers have found a planet that formed late in a star's life, as the star was nearing its end. Nearly every planet catalogued so far began alongside its star, taking shape in the same early period when the star itself first lit. This one arrived only at the close, which sets it apart from almost everything on the books. For readers who look up on a clear night in Aspen or over the Atlantic in the Hamptons, it is a reminder that a star can still produce something new as it fades.
With reporting from The Hill.
