A planetary system anchored by a dead white dwarf star, 4,000 light-years away, offers a glimpse into the future of our sun and Earth in 8 billion years. If Earth survives the sun’s transformation into a red giant, it could become a radiation-blasted, freezing husk orbiting a white dwarf. This system shows such a “miracle escape” is possible, featuring a white dwarf with half the sun’s mass and an Earth-sized planet in a wide orbit. Another occupant, a brown dwarf, sets this system apart from our future solar system.