This ‘forbidden’ exoplanet is too massive for its star
by Astronomers have discovered a giant extrasolar planet, or “exoplanet,” orbiting an ultrasolar dwarf star that is far too small to host such a world, challenging …
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Giant planet too big for its own sun prompts astronomers to rethink exoplanet formation
LHS 3154b, a newly discovered giant planet that should be too big to exist. Pennsylvania State University Imagine you are a farmer looking for eggs …
Giant planet too big for its own sun prompts astronomers to rethink exoplanet formation
Imagine you are a farmer looking for eggs in the chicken coop – but instead of a chicken egg, you find an ostrich egg, much …