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

Unexpected giant: Saturn-mass planet found orbiting tiny red dwarf

Discovery defies expectations for planets around low-mass stars.

Discovery Of Small Star Giving Birth To Huge Planet Leaves Scientists ...

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

A 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 [...]

Scientists Puzzled by Discovery of Giant Planet Orbiting Tiny Star

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Astronomers have spotted a cosmic mismatch that has left them perplexed — a really big planet orbiting a really small star. The discovery defies current understanding of how planets form.

Astronomers just found a giant planet that shouldn’t exist - Science Tech Updates

Scientists have discovered a giant planet orbiting a tiny red dwarf star, something they believed wasn’t even possible. The planet, TOI-6894b, is about the size of Saturn but orbits a star just a fifth the mass of our Sun. This challenges long-standing ideas about how big planets form, especially around small stars. Current theories can’t […] The post Astronomers just found a giant planet that shouldn’t exist appeared first on Science Tech Updat…