<ul><li>Webb confirms the coldest planet ever found. It’s orbiting a white dwarf</li><li>Researchers, using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), have confirmed WD 1856 534 b as the coldest exoplanet ever observed.</li><li>The exoplanet is a gas giant and orbits a white dwarf star, being the first transiting planet known to do so.</li><li>The observations will contribute to the study of planetary systems after stellar death and the potential for habitable conditions in stellar remnants.</li></ul>

Webb confirms the coldest planet ever found. It’s orbiting a white dwarf

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