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Description: When stars die, they tend to take everything around them with them. But new evidence appears to show a planet orbiting a white dwarf, and we’re not sure how it survived! Plus, experiments designed to detect dark matter might be capable of detecting dark energy, too! Hosted By: Reid Reimers Bundle your Patreon support and your Space Pin of the Month purchase with our new Patreon tier! Patreon.com/SciShowSpace SciShow is on TikTok! Check us out at tiktok.com/@scishow ---------- Support SciShow Space by becoming a patron on Patreon: patreon.com/SciShowSpace ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporter for helping us keep SciShow Space free for everyone forever: GrowingViolet & Jason A Saslow! ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: scishowtangents.org Facebook: facebook.com/scishow Twitter: twitter.com/scishow Instagram: instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20242 astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~ryden/ast162_4/notes15.html astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/p/Planetary+Nebulae journals.aps.org/prd/pdf/10.1103/PhysRevD.104.063023 newatlas.com/physics/dark-energy-dark-matter-detector-xenon1t astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/d/Dark+Matter astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/D/Dark+Energy blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/five-sigmawhats-that Image Sources: storyblocks.com/video/stock/astronomical-observatory-under-the-night-sky-stars-hyperlapse-rz4tkybk0qjoy5z1eb youtu.be/7uN1AjMui5k?t=45 svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20242 nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2021/hubble-watches-cosmic-light-bend nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-awards-new-cooperative-agreement-to-w-m-keck-observatory commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gravitational_lens-full.jpg svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20344 nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-missions-spy-first-possible-survivor-planet-hugging-white-dwarf-star svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10297 svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13852 commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DarkMatterPie.jpg nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_827.html svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10128 commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dark_matter.jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Large_Underground_Xenon_detector_inside_watertank.jpg storyblocks.com/video/stock/blue-particles-space-brbmvvm4ukmhoko1e nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/news/a-new-twist-in-the-dark-matter-tale.html nasa.gov/content/goddard/nasa-releases-images-of-mid-level-solar-flare commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DEAP3600.jpg