EARTH LIKE PLANETS IN THE ATMOSPHERES OF DEAD STARS SPOTTED

EARTH LIKE PLANETS IN THE ATMOSPHERES OF DEAD STARS SPOTTED

            The Hubble space telescope has found the signs of Earth-like planets in a very unlikely place- the atmospheres of a pair of burnt-out stars in a nearby cluster. The researchers said that, the white dwarf stars are being polluted by debris from asteroid-like objects falling on them. The stars, known as white dwarfs- small, dim remnants of stars once like the sun- reside 150 light years away in the Hyades star cluster, in the constellation of Taurus. The cluster is relatively very young, at only 625 myo. Astronomers believe that all stars formed in clusters.

                                                                                                        

                                                                                         SOURCE- THE TIMES OF INDIA