White dwarf study suggests planets are as old as their stars

White dwarf study suggests planets are as old as their stars
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"This is just the beginning – every time we find a new white dwarf, we can gather more evidence and learn more about how planets form. It's amazing that we're able to probe processes like this in exoplanetary systems," Bonsor said.

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If gravity overpowers expansion, the cosmos will collapse in a Big Crunch. If the universe continues to expand indefinitely, as expected, we'll face a Big Freeze. But if dark energy pushes the expansion rate to near infinity, we'll have a Big Rip that tears everything, even atoms, apart.

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