Scientists have discovered a massive planet that shouldn’t exist See new Tweets Header media Inverse @inversedotcom Yesterday Scientists have discovered a massive planet that shouldn’t exist The new planet orbits around two stars in the b Centauri system 325 light-years away. This finding marks the first discovery of a gas giant planet around a star that is more than three times the mass of the Sun.

 

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A gigantic gas planet was discovered in a double star system 325 light-years away that challenges scientists’ ideas about how planets form. https://inverse.com/science/b-centauri-planet?utm_campaign=inverse&utm_content=1638994009&utm_medium=owned&utm_source=twitter

Scientists have discovered a massive planet that shouldn’t exist

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Scientists have discovered a massive planet that shouldn’t exist

The new planet orbits around two stars in the b Centauri system 325 light-years away. This finding marks the first discovery of a gas giant planet around a star that is more than three times the mass of the Sun.