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Survivor planet found orbiting a white dwarf closely in data from TESS, Spitzer telescopes – Firstpost
The discovery suggests that planets may actually be capable of surviving the formation of a white dwarf.
FP TrendingSep 21, 2020 18:44:30 IST
A team of international astronomers has discovered what may be the first intact planet found closely orbiting a white dwarf. They made the discovery using NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and the retired Spitzer Space Telescope. A white dwarf is the remnant of a star that has exhausted its nuclear fuel but does not have the mass to become a neutron star. This particular white dwarf is only 40 percent larger than Earth.
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