USATODAY.com – ‘Big’ discovery: Hypergiant stars might harbor planets
Planets might exist around a blazing hot star so big its diameter exceeds the orbit of Mars, astronomers said Wednesday.
“These extremely massive stars are tremendously hot and bright and have very strong winds, making the job of building planets difficult,” said study leader Joel Kastner of the Rochester Institute of Technology. “Our data suggest that the planet-forming process may be hardier than previously believed, occurring around even the most massive stars that nature produces.”