PARIS: Astronomers announced on Wednesday they have discovered a massive planet orbiting a tiny star, a bizarre pairing that has stumped scientists. Most of the stars across the Milky Way are small ...

Astronomers have spotted a cosmic mismatch that has left them perplexed - a really big planet orbiting a really small star.

Giant planets are not rare per se — after all, we have four in our own solar system. Such large worlds are, however, rarely ...

Scientists have discovered a giant planet called TOI-6894b, orbiting a star that should be far too small to have formed it.

It had not been thought possible that such tiny, weak stars could provide the conditions needed to form and host huge planets.

"Studying the chemistry of ultra hot planets like WASP-121b helps us to understand how gas giant atmospheres work under ...