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Hypothetical Rejuvenated Planets Artist Concept
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This artist's concept shows a hypothetical "rejuvenated" planet -- a gas giant that has reclaimed its youthful infrared glow. NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope found tentative evidence for one such planet around a dead star, or white dwarf, called PG 0010+280 (depicted as white dot in illustration). When planets are young, they are warm and toasty due to internal heat left over from their formation. Planets cool over time -- until they are possibly rejuvenated.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineHypothetical Rejuvenated Planets Artist Concept. NASA/JPL, 2015-06-25. Public domain. ID: PIA19346.
