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Dance Macabre NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has snapped a fascinating image of two gas giant exoplanets, not unlike the ones found in our solar system, orbiting the remains of their respective white dwarf star parents. It's an unusual discovery, considering the extreme forces involved. White dwarfs are formed after a red giant expands and […]
The study mentions the exoplanets orbiting two different white dwarf stars named WD 1202-232 and WD 2105-82 at distances of 34 and 53 light-years from Earth, respectively. They are believed to be between 1 and 7 times the mass of Jupiter.