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Under the world’s biggest iron ore deposits lies a 1.3 billion-year-old secret.

Sparkling hollows filled with lustrous crystals, dubbed geodes, are often perceived as small objects that can fit comfortably on a bookshelf. But some are more like gigantic cathedrals filled with ...

June 7, 2025 The discovery of a giant planet orbiting a small red dwarf is challenging the core accretion theory of planet formation. Credit: University of Warwick/Mark Garlick.

That theory just took a major hit. A gas giant has been found orbiting one of the smallest stars known to host such a planet—a low-mass red dwarf called TOI-6894.

Still, neither theory fully explains TOI-6894b. Its formation remains a mystery. A cool atmosphere worth watching What makes TOI-6894b even more exciting is what it can teach us about planetary ...

Astronomers have discovered a gas giant, TOI-6894b, orbiting an incredibly small red dwarf star, TOI-6894. This challenges existing theories of planet formation and raises questions about how such ...

We did not expect planets like TOI-6894b to be able to form around stars this low-mass. This discovery will be a cornerstone for understanding the extremes of giant planet formation." ...

Astronomers at UCL and the University of Warwick, as part of a global collaboration including partners in Chile, USA and Europe, have discovered the smallest known star to host a transiting giant ...

Scientists have discovered a giant planet orbiting the smallest known star to host such a companion — a finding that defies current theories of planet formation. The host star, TOI-6894, is a red ...