{"id":3928620,"date":"2026-10-27T17:03:05","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T22:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/double-debris-disk-orbiting-a-dead-star-hints-at-our-solar-systems-future\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T17:03:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T22:03:05","slug":"double-debris-disk-orbiting-a-dead-star-hints-at-our-solar-systems-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/double-debris-disk-orbiting-a-dead-star-hints-at-our-solar-systems-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Double debris disk orbiting a dead star hints at our solar system&#8217;s future"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Astronomers using the European Southern Observatory&#8217;s Very Large Telescope (ESO&#8217;s VLT) have found a rare disk of debris around a dead star that provides a glimpse of what may happen to our solar system. Unlike in similar systems previously found, the debris\u2014the leftovers of planets that once orbited the star\u2014is organized in a double disk, the two parts separated by a clear gap. The disk appears to be shaped by two planetary bodies, one possibly as big as Pluto, that have survived the violent death of the star.<\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2026-10-debris-disk-orbiting-dead-star.html\" target=\"_blank\">Go to Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Astronomers using the European Southern Observatory&#8217;s Very Large Telescope (ESO&#8217;s VLT) have found a rare disk of debris around a dead star that provides a glimpse of what may happen to our solar system. Unlike in similar systems previously found, the debris\u2014the leftovers of planets that once orbited the star\u2014is organized in a double disk, [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3928620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3928620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3928620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3928620\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3928620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3928620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3928620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}