This strange planet pair shouldn’t exist, but it does

A bizarre planetary pairing 190 light-years away is challenging everything astronomers thought they knew about how worlds form. A “lonely” hot Jupiter — typically found without nearby companions — is sharing its system with a smaller mini-Neptune tucked even closer to the star, a setup once thought nearly impossible.

source https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260506225132.htm