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This planet survived the death of its star — and we don’t know how – Digital Trends
This week, researchers have uncovered a new astronomical oddity: A planet several times the size of the dead star it orbits.
All kinds of strange phenomena exist in the universe beyond the boundaries of our solar system, and this week astronomers uncovered a new oddity: A planet several times the size of the dead star it orbits.
This odd couple was spotted using two NASA instruments, the planet-hunting telescope TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) and the now-retired Spitzer Space Telescope.
The planet, WD 1856 b, is around the size of Jupiter, making it seven times the size of the white dwarf WD 1856+534, …
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