TESS, Spitzer Spot Potential Giant World Circling Tiny Star

An international team of astronomers has reported what may be the first example of an intact planet closely orbiting a white dwarf, a dense leftover of a Sunlike star thats only 40 bigger than Earth. The detection of the Jupitersize body was made using data from NASAs Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and retired Spitzer Space Telescope. Read more: The object, called WD 1856 b, is a