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Discovery Alert: The Planet that Shouldn't Be There - NASA Science (science.nasa.gov)
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[–] notfromhere@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

Could the planet have been captured after the ballooned red dwarf shrank? E.g. a wandering planet. Or could something have made its orbit shift, e.g. if it was farther out and now it’s closer in?