Interesting result indicating presence of a planet in the "goldilocks zone" of a white dwarf system some 117 ly away:
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"This is the first time that anything has been seen in the habitable zone of a white dwarf. And thus there is a possibility of life on another world orbiting it,"
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Life could exist on planet orbiting 'white dwarf' star
Experts may have detected a planet in the habitable zone of a nearly dead star called a white dwarf.
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"This is the first time that anything has been seen in the habitable zone of a white dwarf. And thus there is a possibility of life on another world orbiting it,"
Relentless and complex transits from a planetesimal debris disc
ABSTRACT. This article reports quasi-continuous transiting events towards WD 1054–226 at d = 36.2 pc and V = 16.0 mag, based on simultaneous, high-cadence,
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