Planet discovered transiting a dead star

Planet discovered transiting a dead star

Planet discovered transiting a dead star

Astronomers have observed a planet orbiting the burnt-out remnants of its home star — a white dwarf. The discovery proves that planets can somehow survive the death of their star, writes astronomer Steven Parsons. The planet is a big one — roughly the same size as Jupiter, or bigger — and might have been thrown towards the star by undetected planets in the same system.

Nature | 6 min readReference: Nature paper