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

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Astronomers discover giant gas planet TOI-6894b orbiting a tiny red dwarf, rewriting what we know about planet formation.

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The host star, TOI-6894, is a red dwarf with only 20% the mass of the Sun, typical of the most common stars in our galaxy.