NASA Missions Spy First Possible ‘Survivor' Planet Hugging a White Dwarf Star – Exoplanet Exploration: Planets Beyond our Solar System

NASA Missions Spy First Possible ‘Survivor' Planet Hugging a White Dwarf Star – Exoplanet Exploration: Planets Beyond our Solar System

Discovery Alert – An international team used two of our space telescopes – the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and the retired Spitzer Space Telescope – to find a new world around a cinder of a star. The planet is even bigger than the white dwarf star it orbits and its very existence is a surprise – and a mystery.

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