Introducing Halla, the Resilient ‘Second-Gen’ Planet That Outsmarted Death
A recently discovered planet called Halla defies conventional understanding by orbiting a red giant star instead of being engulfed by it. The planet, about the size of Jupiter, is located in the Ursa Minor constellation approximately 520 light-years away from our solar system. Image: W. M. Keck Observatory/Adam Makarenko Astronomers have made a perplexing discovery …