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What's the big deal with WD 1856+534 b?

A few days ago (september 2020) a planet candidate was announced orbiting white dwarf WD 1856+534. Some media outlets announce it as the First Possible ‘Survivor’ Planet around a white dwarf, while ...
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White dwarf's impact on orbiting bodies

Recently the Kepler telescope in its study of white dwarfs detected the first planetary object transiting a white dwarf in the data from the K2 mission. It was consistent with earlier theories' ...
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Could an Applegate-like mechanism operate in AM CVn systems?

One of the controversies surrounding the detection of exoplanets around post-common envelope binaries is the possibility that the orbital period variations observed might be the result of the ...
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