Finally, the 'planet' in planetary nebulae? New studies may vindicate 300-year-old astronomical 'mistake'

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The Rochester teams model of the spiral shock waves caused by a planet orbiting a dying star. Credit: University of Rochester
The Rochester team's model of the spiral shock waves caused by a planet orbiting a dying star. Credit: University of Rochester

Astronomers at the University of Rochester, home to one of the world’s largest groups of planetary nebulae specialists, have announced that low-mass stars and possibly even super-Jupiter-sized planets may be responsible for creating some of the most breathtaking objects in the sky.


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