First Confirmed Planet in a White Dwarf’s “Forbidden Zone”
Brr! A newly confirmed exoplanet orbiting a white dwarf has a temperature of just 186K, making it the coldest exoplanet whose light has been directly detected. The post First Confirmed Planet in a…
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space.com·7d agoPotentially habitable rocky exoplanet GJ 3378b discovered 25 light-years away in red dwarf's habitable zone
The planet, designated GJ 3378b, orbits the faint red dwarf star in the constellation of Camelopardalis, the Giraffe.
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