Surviving Against the Odds: The Unlikely Escape of a Forbidden Planet

A study using data from NASA's TESS mission has discovered a giant planet in a close orbit around its star, defying expectations that it would have been engulfed by the star's expansion. The planet, known as HD 11755b, is located about 1,400 light-years away and has a mass about 1.5 times that of Jupiter. The findings challenge current theories about the orbital evolution of giant planets around evolved stars and provide insights into the survival of planets in close-in orbits.