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.

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Astronomers at UCL and the University of Warwick, as part of a global collaboration including partners in Chile, USA and ...

A giant conundrum has been found orbiting a teeny tiny red dwarf star just a fifth of the size of the Sun. Such small stars ...

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

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OF201 is incredibly lightweight on a cosmic scale. Scientists estimate its mass is about 20,000 times less than Earth’s and ...

Scientists have identified an object about 435 miles (700 km) wide inhabiting the frigid outer reaches of our solar system that might qualify as a ...

The TNO, which are described as minor planets that orbit the sun at a greater distance than Neptune, were found on the edge ...