Out in Space Lies a Mysterious, Massive Planet That Shouldn’t Exist

About 285 light-years from our solar system lies a lovely, minimalist cosmic neighborhood. Its “sun,” you might say, is a particularly small, glowing crimson body named TOI-5205 — a red dwarf. 

And submerged within the void of space, we’ve now located exactly one planetary friend of TOI-5205, according to a paper published this week in The Astronomical Journal. 

Scientists call it TOI-5205b. Yes, that moniker is based on formality, but you must admit it’s also kinda cute. 

OK, but here’s the thing.

It’s pretty typical for red dwarfs to anchor planets…