Artist's illustration of the exoplanet VB 10b orbiting the red dwarf star VB 10. VB 10b is surprisingly large, potentially comparable in size to its host star, despite being significantly less massive. This discovery challenges our understanding of planetary system formation.
Astronomy Picture from 03/06/2009
VB 10: A Large Planet Orbiting a Small Star
Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090603.html
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