News

Live Science on MSN2d
Ginormous planet discovered around tiny red star challenges our understanding of solar systems
Scientists have discovered a giant planet called TOI-6894b, orbiting a star that should be far too small to have formed it.
The Canadian Press on MSN2d
Red sun is result of wildfire smoke, not evidence of another planet
In late May and early June, many people in the central and southeastern United States saw a bright red sun in the sky. Some ...
What's TOI-6894b that just showed up around a dwarf star only 2.5 times its size; here's why that’s weird
Astronomers have discovered a gas giant, TOI-6894b, orbiting a small red dwarf star, challenging existing planet formation models. This Saturn-sized planet, located 241 light-years away, defies the ...
Live Science on MSN18h
The sun: Facts about the bright star at the center of the solar system
How far away it is: 93 million miles (150 million km) ...
Space.com on MSN4dOpinion
When the sun dies, could life survive on the Jupiter ocean moon Europa?
New research suggests there may be a narrow window of possibility for life to persist on the icy moons of the outer solar ...
Earth.com1d
Tiny star, giant companion: An exoplanet that breaks the rules
A newly discovered gas giant, called TOI-6894b, orbiting a low-mass red dwarf star defies existing models of planet formation ...
Space.com on MSN2d
A tiny star gave birth to a giant exoplanet, but no one knows how
Giant planets are not rare per se — after all, we have four in our own solar system. Such large worlds are, however, rarely ...
Discovery of giant planet orbiting tiny star challenges theories on planet formation
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 ...
NASA makes major discovery about Mars that could answer key question on planet
NASA has shared huge news about a discovery made on Mars. After a decade of searching, NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere Volatile ...
Discovery Of Small Star Giving Birth To Huge Planet Leaves Scientists Puzzled
TOI-6894 is roughly 240 light-years from Earth in the constellation Leo and is the smallest-known star to host a large planet ...
ScienceAlert on MSN3d
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 ...
Astronomy on MSN23h
The Sky This Week from June 6 to 13: Jupiter and Mercury meet
Enjoy a close conjunction of the solar system’s smallest and largest planet just days before the Full Strawberry Moon this ...