The host star, TOI-6894, is a red dwarf with only 20% the mass of the Sun, typical of the most common stars in our galaxy.

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 ...

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Scientists have discovered a giant planet called TOI-6894b, orbiting a star that should be far too small to have formed it.

Astronomers have discovered a massive gas giant, TOI-6894b, orbiting the red dwarf star TOI-6894, a pairing that defies ...

It had not been thought possible that such tiny, weak stars could provide the conditions needed to form and host huge planets.

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A small red dwarf star, TOI-6894, is defying astronomers' expectations by having a gas giant planet in its orbit.

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

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A possible new dwarf planet has been discovered at the edge of our solar system, so far-flung that it takes around 25,000 ...