University of Texas: Planet Hugging a White Dwarf May Be a Survivor of Star's Death Throes
September 17, 2020
September 17, 2020
FORT DAVIS, Texas, Sept. 17 (TNSJou) -- The University of Texas at Austin's McDonald Observatory issued the following news release:
An international team of astronomers has used NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and retired Spitzer Space Telescope to discover what may be the first intact planet found closely orbiting a white dwarf, the dense leftover of a sun-like star only 40% larger than Earth. The work, led by Andrew Vanderburg of The University of Tex . . .
An international team of astronomers has used NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and retired Spitzer Space Telescope to discover what may be the first intact planet found closely orbiting a white dwarf, the dense leftover of a sun-like star only 40% larger than Earth. The work, led by Andrew Vanderburg of The University of Tex . . .