{
  "id": 16906779,
  "title": "Chinese astronomers find planets that somehow avoided death by red giant stars",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/chinese-astronomers-find-planets-that-somehow-avoided-death-by-red",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-28T14:00:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3372402/chinese-astronomers-find-planets-somehow-avoided-death-red-giant-stars"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "When a star like our sun grows old, it puffs up into a red giant that can gobble up its nearest planets. But Chinese astronomers say they have found three solar systems where planets should have been eaten this way yet somehow survived – a puzzle that could change how scientists picture Earth’s distant future. Using Nasa’s TESS space telescope, a team led by Qian Shengbang from Yunnan University…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}