Astronomers discover planet that shouldn't be there
Thursday, December 5, 2013 - 15:30
in Astronomy & Space
Astronomers have discovered the most distantly orbiting planet found to date around a single, sun-like star. Weighing in at 11 times Jupiter's mass and orbiting its star at 650 times the average Earth-Sun distance, planet HD 106906 b is unlike anything in our own Solar System and defies current planet formation theories.