Astronomers Discover Giant Planet Orbiting Tiny Star, Defying Planet Formation Theories

Daily Galaxy ^ | June 05, 2025 | Staff

[Red Badger]

Webb Ping!....................

[Bob434]

There’s always a non conformist in the group

[Honorary Serb]

New!

[Magnum44]

Its the mass that matters

[Made In The USA]

TOI-6894. I like that name better than Uranus.

Or Ursphincter.

Or Urcolon.

[rktman]

Anti orbit type!

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Red Badger.

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[Red Badger]

The more we find out the more we discover we don’t know...........

[xp38]

Funny how that works eh?

[reed13k]

So at 50% of Saturn’s mass the planet is about 2.5 times Neptune which is 18% of Saturn’s mass. (Uranus comes in at about 15% of Saturn’s mass)

[wbarmy]

Between this story and the article about the planet which has two suns orbiting it’s orbit, I am thinking that God is trying to tell the astronomers something.

[exnavy]

“planet formation theory” like God created the heavens and earth. There is a theory for ya.

[NorthMountain]

I am thinking that God is trying to tell the astronomers something.

He's telling them "I've got you covered! You never need to worry about being unemployed."

God loves astronomers.

[SunkenCiv]

I just ran the meatball program on the xplanets keyword. Big. Big Big. Real Big Big. Four minutes? Then the sort program said, "wth is this?" Anyway, I plan to look for more "origin" in the titles. Y'know, when I get done with this link you just sent me. :^)

[SunkenCiv]

X-Planets keyword, 2079 topics, including this one; selections:

• A Cosmic Surprise: Young Exoplanet Breaks Formation Rules [12/27/2024]
• A space oddity -- small exoplanet challenges existing theories on planet formation [09/08/2024]
• Out of this world: Astronomers capture first photo of two giant planets orbiting a Sun-like star 309 light years away that could shed light on the formation of our Solar System [07/22/2020]
• Massive Gas Giant in Orbit around Red Dwarf Challenges Current Models of Planet Formation [11/17/2019]
• Distant Galaxies Challenge Our Understanding of Star Formation [01/22/2018]
• Astronomy: Planets in chaos. Standard ideas of Planet formation are being demolished [07/08/2014]
• ERIS: World's first realistic simulation of the formation of the Milky Way [09/03/2011]
• Planetary System Formation [observed data challenges present theories] [09/08/2008]
• Gas Giants Jump Into Planet Formation Early [06/27/2007]

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• Mysterious deep-space object raises questions on Solar System's origins [12/14/2005]
• Stellar encounters as the origin of distant Solar System objects in highly eccentric orbits [12/02/2004]

[Dead Corpse]

Failed binary? Seems likely....

[Red Badger]

The science is settled. Until it’s not......and it never is.............

[Red Badger]

That’s what I was thinking.

[Qwapisking]

Sounds like the Harry and MEghan saga.