The planetary system with a white dwarf, an Earth-like planet and a brown dwarf cannot be seen; the point of light in (c) is from the background source star that is no longer magnified. view more .

Astronomers have found two giant planet candidates orbiting two white dwarfs. More proof that giant planets can surve their stars' red giant phases. Credit: Madden/Cornell University.

Astronomers spotted a potential Earth-size rocky world orbiting a white dwarf, suggesting a future in which our planet outlives its star. By Jonathan O’Callaghan In six billion years the sun ...

They could be very distant red background galaxies, but given how many are seen in the images, the chance of two of them being so apparently close to the white dwarfs is low.

A gas giant planet was recently discovered orbiting a white dwarf star, providing a glimpse at what our own solar system could look like after the sun expands into a red giant and destroys most of ...

A 2020 microlensing event was caused by a planetary system with an Earth-like planet and brown dwarf. The star type was uncertain. The team has determined that the star is a white dwarf, a system ...