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Is there a chance for life to continue after the Sun eventually explodes? Can we find evidence of potentially habitable planets near white dwarfs, remnants of dead stars? How can future telescopes helo with that?

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• 00:00 Intro

• 01:30 Exoplanets around white dwarfs

• 10:06 Dynamics of planetary systems as their star dies

• 12:51 Habitable zone around white dwarfs

• 15:28 Search for exoplanets

• 26:05 A perfect telescope for the task

• 30:28 Biosignatures

• 34:37 Outro

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