A Jupiter-like planet orbiting a white dwarf hints at our solar system’s future
Only a handful of worlds have ever been found around one of the dim, dense stars
![white dwarf star illustration](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/101221_KC_jupiter-dwarf_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
A white dwarf star (illustrated at left) barely illuminates a planet (right) whose mass and distance from its star resemble those of Jupiter.
W.M. Keck Observatory, Adam Makarenko