An international team of astronomers discovered a giant exoplanet named TOI-6894b orbiting a red dwarf star called TOI-6894, which possesses only 20% of the mass of the Sun. The findings, published in the journal Nature Astronomy,

Astronomers have spotted a cosmic mismatch that has left them perplexed - a really big planet orbiting a really small star. The discovery defies current understanding of how planets form.

Star TOI-6894 is just like many in our galaxy, a small red dwarf, and only ~20% of the mass of our sun. Like many small stars, it is not expected to provide suitable conditions for the formation and hosting of a large planet.