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For the dwarf planet candidate, one trip around the sun takes over 24,000 years. Its orbit challenges a proposed path for a hypothetical Planet Nine.
The discovery of a Saturn-sized gas giant orbiting a small red dwarf is urging astronomers to reconsider their theories of ...
A newly discovered gas giant, called TOI-6894b, orbiting a low-mass red dwarf star defies existing models of planet formation ...
Some scientists think they discovered a new dwarf planet at the edge of the solar system, so far away that it takes around 25 ...
Astronomers have spotted a cosmic mismatch that has left them perplexed - a really big planet orbiting a really small star.
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.
Star TOI-6894 is just like many in our galaxy, a small red dwarf, and only ~20% of the mass of our sun. Like many small stars ...
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 ...
Dozens of NASA's missions to explore the cosmos could be in jeopardy under a budget proposal from the Trump administration.
The TNO, which are described as minor planets that orbit the sun at a greater distance than Neptune, were found on the edge ...