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Tiny Star That Somehow Produced a Giant Planet

Space.com on MSN · 2d

A tiny star gave birth to a giant exoplanet, but no one knows how

Giant planets are not rare per se — after all, we have four in our own solar system. Such large worlds are, however, rarely found around the smallest stars, red dwarfs. Red dwarfs simply shouldn't have enough material to form such huge worlds.

Earth.com · 5h

Tiny star, giant companion: An exoplanet that breaks the rules

A newly discovered gas giant, called TOI-6894b, orbiting a low-mass red dwarf star defies existing models of planet formation.

Weather-Fox on MSN · 23h

Giant Planet Discovery Stuns Scientists: How Did a Tiny Star Form Such a Massive World?

Astronomers are stunned by a giant planet orbiting a tiny red dwarf star. This rare discovery defies existing theories and may change our understanding of planetary formation. The post Giant Planet Discovery Stuns Scientists: How Did a Tiny Star Form Such a Massive World?

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Something Deep in Our Galaxy Is Pulsing Every 44 Minutes. No One Knows Why.

“ASKAP J1832–0911 is currently the only LPT detected with (pulsed) X-ray emission — perhaps unsurprisingly, given its extreme ...

Courthouse News Service2d

Giant planet found where it shouldn’t be

With its low density and unusually cool, methane-rich atmosphere, this planet offers a rare window into giant planet formation around small stars.

This planet is too big for its star — astronomers change the way we look at the formation of star systems

Astronomers have found that planet mass is about 17% of the mass of Jupiter, or about 53 times the mass of the Earth. The ...

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