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    Big planet orbiting a small star: Scientists discover rare pairing in Milky Way galaxy

    June 4, 2025Updated:June 4, 2025 World No Comments
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    Big planet orbiting a small star: Scientists discover rare pairing in Milky Way galaxy
    Scientists have been stumped by the discovery of a large planet orbiting a tiny star, according to researchers ( Image credit: X/AFP).

    A large planet that orbits a small star was discovered by astronomers on Wednesday. The experts are perplexed by this odd combination. TOI-6894 is the name of the little sun. The majority of the actors in the Milky Way galaxy are smaller, much like TOI-6894. It only has about 20 % of the mass of the Sun, making it a dark midget. Experts never imagined that like tiny stars could help enormous planets. A group of international astronomers discovered, however, clear indications that a fuel large planet is circling the tiny star TOI-6894. Their observations were published in the journal Nature Science. With the discovery of TOI-6894, a world of this size can only be found in the smallest known celebrity. Although the world has a somewhat larger radius than Saturn, it just weighs half as much. It orbits the sun after every three days. The world was discovered by the astronomers using Nasa’s TESS place telescope, which they had spotted more than 91, 000 little red dwarf stars. Ground-based observatories, including Chile’s” Viory Big Telescope,” provided evidence that the world actually exists. According to study co-author Daniel Bayliss from the UK’s Warwick University,” The fact that this celebrity hosts a large planet has huge implications for the overall number of large planets we believe occur in our galaxy.” It was an “intriguing breakthrough,” according to another co-author, Vincent Van Eylen of University College London. We are unable to fully comprehend how a star with such little size can create such a huge planet! Eylen stated. This is one of the objectives of the hunt for more planets. We may check our versions and learn more about how our own solar system formed by discovering planetary systems that are distinct from our own, he added. Researchers hope that information like this one will help them understand how stars, including those in our personal solar system, form.

    Why is TOI-6894b unique?

    Because it is much cooler than most other stars found outside of our solar system, the new world, named TOI-6894b, is unique. The researchers claimed that the majority of the planets have temperature exceeding 1, 000 degrees Celsius. The recently discovered continent, however, appears to be below 150°C. Scientists may be able to find chemicals like acid in its environment, something we have never seen before on planets outside of our solar system. Next month, the James Webb Space Telescope will be able to see this planet, which could aid scientists in discovering more secrets about this strange planet.

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