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  Isaac Ji Kuoisaackuo@spacey.space

  Oct 17, 2026, 2:31 PM

  @cstross A planet with unusually high niobium content may be a second generation planet formed from stellar ejecta as the star dies.

  I don't think this type of planet has a catchy name yet.

  https://esahubble.org/news/heic2613/

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  Niels FrancknielsTFranck@mastodon.nu

  Oct 17, 2026, 2:55 PM

  @isaackuo @cstross a rare earth

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  Gracious :loading: Anthraciteanthracite@dragon.style

  Oct 17, 2026, 4:49 PM

  @cstross

  BLANETS.

  I'm trying to imagine what kind of hellworld those would be. Not very hospitable unless you eat radiation. Probably not much reason to go there beyond "miserable lost spaceship descendants" or "unobtanium mine/penal colony", but a good excuse for dramatic escape sequences that go dangerously close to the hole...

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