Scientists have spotted a massive planet where one shouldn’t be able to exist, according to leading theories of planet formation.
A team of researchers discovered a giant planet, dubbed TOI-6894b, orbiting a low-mass red dwarf star about 241 light-years away from Earth.
The red dwarf is the lowest-mass star discovered to host a giant planet so far.
“This discovery will be a cornerstone for understanding the extremes of giant planet formation.”
But the protoplanetary disks around low mass stars weren’t expected to contain enough material for this to occur.
Scientists have spotted a massive planet where one shouldn’t be able to exist, according to leading theories of planet formation.