Blanets: The Planets that Orbit Black Holes @museumofscience
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Did you know there may be planets that orbit black holes?! 🪐

In this episode of Space Oddities, astrophysicist @erika.hamden explains how scientists are theorizing that there may be planets that are orbiting black holes. This wouldn’t be out of the ordinary, since planets have been found orbiting all types of masses, such as dead star cores and supernovae. Although black holes typically suck in everything around them, if an object is the right distance away, it could potentially maintain a stable orbit.

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