Images of the area of the microlensing event, indicated by perpendicular white lines, years before the event (a), shortly after peak magnification of the background star in 2020 (b) and in 2023 after ...

For the very first time, scientists have found evidence of a giant planet associated with a white dwarf star. Researchers used ESO's Very Large Telescope to gain a stronger understanding of the ...

It's virtually certain that some white dwarfs still have planets in orbit despite their violent histories, but seeing those planets has proven difficult... at least, until now. Astronomers using the ...

A new study finds that researchers can detect oxygen in the atmosphere of a habitable planet orbiting a white dwarf. Arxiv – Detecting bio-markers in habitable-zone earths transiting white dwarfs The ...

This planet is an absolute chonk. Scientists have discovered a Jupiter-size planet which, for the first time ever recorded, is orbiting a significantly smaller, dim white dwarf star. The planet ...

A white dwarf is a dead star that slowly cools down until it fades into oblivion. Yet it has been predicted that habitable planets can orbit a white dwarf. If we can somehow detect these planets, ...

Planets as small as Earth are hard to spot orbiting other stars; obtaining good data about their chemical composition is well beyond the abilities of our current instruments. However, a new study of ...

Since there are several ways planets can survive the giant phase of the host star, we examine the habitability and detection of planets orbiting white dwarfs. As a white dwarf cools from 6000 K to ...

Astronomers recently peered deep into space and found that an old, faint white dwarf named LSPM J0207+3331, located about 145 ...

A 2020 microlensing event was caused by a planetary system with an Earth-like planet and brown dwarf. The star type was uncertain. The team has determined that the star is a white dwarf, a system ...