![Artist’s impression of a planetary fragment orbits the star SDSS J122859.93+104032.9 Artist’s impression of a planetary fragment orbits the star SDSS J122859.93+104032.9](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_square_2_2_to_320px/public/images/news/img_prensa_prensa1546_3680_hi.jpg?h=c616202f&itok=Rs3lfOMF)
Researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the University of La Laguna (ULL) have discovered the remains of a planet inside a disc of debris circling a white dwarf. Thought to be rich in heavy metals iron and nickel which helped it survive destruction of its planetary system. This work, has been published today in Science magazine.
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