#BESTOF2021: #HotelMars: The mystery of the dead star, with a live planet. Jay Farihi, University College of London. David Livingston, SpaceShow.com (Originally posted March 24, 2021)
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https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-60325010
Prof Jay Farihi, Professor of Astrophysics, Dept of Physics & Astronomy, Faculty of Maths & Physical Sciences. My main research activity is digging up evidence of terrestrial planetary systems at stellar corpses known as white dwarfs. One might not expect to find the surviving planetary systems around dead stars, but the universe is full of surprises.
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| 0:56.4 | Many faculty of mass and physical sciences, however for this conversation, we're going |
| 1:01.7 | far away to other worlds, in fact to other exoplanets, and we're going to imagine something |
| 1:08.7 | that I didn't know was possible. |
| 1:12.4 | What happens after the star that has given you warmth for billions of years dies? |
| 1:19.2 | What happens to the planets? |
| 1:20.8 | I assume they would disappear, but Jay, a very good evening to you. |
| 1:25.5 | Thank you for this. |
| 1:26.5 | The plan is not only disappear, it's possible that they have it extended life. |
| 1:31.4 | First of all, where is it that you were looking to find WD-1054, a stroke 226, not a romantic |
| 1:40.5 | name, but that is what I'm reading from the monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. |
| 1:46.3 | Were you looking for this, Jay, good evening to you? |
| 1:50.3 | Thank you very much. |
| 1:52.6 | Exactly. |
| 1:53.6 | We were looking for evidence of planetary systems around white dwarf stars, which when I started |
| 2:00.3 | my career, I think people thought was quite a ridiculous idea, and I think that persists |
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