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Exoplanet WD 1856b

Exoplanet WD 1856b
Exoplanet WD 1856b Jupiter-size WD 1856b is nearly seven times larger than the white dwarf it orbits every day and a half. Astronomers discovered it using data from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite and now-retired Spitzer Space Telescope. NASA/JPL-Caltech/NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center