ESOcast 212 Light - First Giant Planet around White Dwarf Found

Researchers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope have, for the first time, found evidence of a giant planet associated with a white dwarf star. The planet orbits the hot white dwarf, the remnant of a Sun-like star, at close range, causing its atmosphere to be stripped away and form a disc of gas around the star.

https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1919/

Credit/Courtesy: ESO