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The coldest planet around a red dwarf has been discovered

TOI 904b orbits its star every 11 days. The parent star is bright enough in the infrared to allow future determinations of exoplanet masses and the characteristics of their atmospheres, but cool and dim enough that the brightness of the star does not interfere with observations.

None of the exoplanets orbiting TOI 904 are in the habitable zone of the star. TOI 904b is too close, so all the water would evaporate, and TOI 904c is too far away, so any water and other volatile compounds there, if they exist, would be frozen.

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