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'Monster' planet discovery challenges planet forming theory
short by Gaurav Shroff / on Wednesday, 1 November, 2017
An international collaboration of astronomers have identified a Jupiter-sized planet 600 light-years away that orbits a star with radius and mass half that of the Sun. The discovery is said to contradict theories as such "monster" planets were not thought to exist around such small stars. The ratio of the planet's size to its star is the highest ever discovered.