NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Uncovers Second-Generation Planet

Astronomers have discovered a second-generation planet orbiting a white dwarf star using data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The planet is believed to have formed from the material ejected by the star as it died. The discovery was made by analyzing archival data from Hubble's 1999 observation of the star HS 0209+0832. Researchers found a high abundance of the element niobium, which is a signpost of the star's 'death' throes. The team confirmed the Hubble observations with data from NASA's retired FUSE mission and NASA's TESS satellite, which detected periodic brightness variations indicating a planet orbits the white dwarf.