Jupiter-sized planet found orbiting distant white dwarf star
Astronomers have discovered a Jupiter-sized planet orbiting a distant white dwarf star, which is incredibly still intact. The planet, christened ‘WD 1856 b’ is located about 80 light years away in the northern constellation Draco. White dwarfs are the incredibly dense remains of sun-sized stars after they exhaust their nuclear fuel, shrunk down to roughly … Read more