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When the Sun Dies: Could Alien Worlds Thrive Around Dead Stars?


White dwarfs may still host habitable planets. Conditions like tidal heating and migration shape their potential for life. The Sun will eventually die. This will occur when it exhausts the hydrogen fuel in its core and can no longer generate energy through nuclear fusion. While this stage is ofte

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