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A Super-Tiny Star Gave Birth to a Giant Planet

Reuters on MSN · 11h

Scientists puzzled by giant planet detected orbiting tiny star

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Astronomers have spotted a cosmic mismatch that has left them perplexed - a really big planet orbiting a really small star. The discovery defies current understanding of how planets form.

CBS News on MSN · 17h

Massive planet discovered orbiting tiny star, leaving scientists stumped

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

A Super-Tiny Star Gave Birth to a Giant Planet And We Don't Know How

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 were thought to be incapable of producing giant planets. But there, in its orbit,

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Fluke discovery at planetarium leads to revelation about mysterious cosmic cloud: "It's kind of a freak accident"

Scientists have unlocked one of the solar system's many secrets from an unexpected source: a planetarium show.

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$800 million, 13 years, and still no release date — the state of Star Citizen in 2025

As Star Citizen approaches a billion dollars in funding and with no full release date in sight, we take a look at its history ...

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Unveiling the birth of star cluster groups in the Milky Way

A study published in Astronomy & Astrophysics has identified four previously unknown primordial open cluster (OC) groups in ...

4 ancient star clusters identified in the Milky Way

A recent study reveals four previously unknown primordial open cluster groups in the Milky Way, challenging traditional ...

Small Magellanic Cloud is being pulled apart by two galaxies

Astronomers discovered the Small Magellanic Cloud galaxy, located 200,000 light-years away, has stars moving in two opposing ...

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