This Giant Planet Shouldn’t Exist – But Astronomers Just Found It Around a Tiny Star

This Giant Planet Shouldn’t Exist – But Astronomers Just Found It Around a Tiny Star

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This Giant Planet Shouldn’t Exist – But Astronomers Just Found It Around a Tiny StarA tiny star just one-fifth the mass of our Sun has shocked astronomers by hosting a gas giant planet, TOI-6894b—something long thought nearly impossible. The find, made through TESS data and confirmed by one of the world’s largest telescopes, challenges leading theories of planet formation. Discovery of a Planet Around a Tiny Star TOI-6894 is […]

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