A planetary system has been found in a startlingly tight orbit around an evolved star. The finding challenges the idea that close-in planets are destroyed as their host star evolves. See Letter p.496
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Kempton, E. The ultimate fate of planets. Nature 480, 460–461 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/480460a
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