Today, a team of scientists is excited to announce a groundbreaking discovery: the first Saturn-like planet orbiting an M-dwarf star! This is a huge milestone in the field of astronomy, as it is the first time that a gaseous giant planet has been found in such a system. The planet, designated as TESS-1, was discovered using the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) telescope, and is located about 100 light-years away from Earth. It is estimated to be between 1.5 to 5 times the mass of Saturn, and to have an orbital period of more than 18 days. This means it is likely to be much colder than Saturn, making it much easier to study. What makes this find even more remarkable is that the M-dwarf star it orbits is much smaller and dimmer than our Sun, making it much harder to detect and study planets.

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source: Phys.org