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This weird planet sports a giant tail like a comet
This strange exoplanet, located 140 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Pegasus, appears to be rapidly falling apart. Its blistering host star is so close, the radiation is effectively melting it down, leaving behind a long tail of dust.
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Astronomers Discover a Doomed Exoplanet That's Crumbling Away and Leaving Behind a Comet-Like TailAstronomers have spotted a distant planet shedding matter with each orbit around its host star, generating a comet-like tail ...
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A planet 140 light-years from Earth that is rapidly falling apart has been spotted by astronomers after they detected an ...
The planet is "crumbling to pieces," shedding the equivalent of Mount Everest’s mass every 30.5-hour orbit and will be ...
A newly discovered green comet tracked by telescopes has likely broken apart as it swung by the sun, dashing hopes of a naked ...
Here’s a little spoiler for next month’s Cosmic Calendar: early May will see the return of the Eta Aquarid meteor shower. The ...
Best viewed from the Northern Hemisphere, the Lyrid meteor shower is the world's oldest known of its kind and reliably occurs ...
A dazzling snapshot from ESO’s Paranal Observatory captures a rare sky parade — the Moon, a comet, and nearly every visible planet strung across the heavens. This celestial lineup is an optical ...
This week, learn why experts are divided over an exoplanet, see the first footage of a colossal squid in its deep-sea habitat ...
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The Lyrid meteor shower is about to reach its peak activity for April. Here's when and how to see it, along with a cloud ...
NEW YORK — A newly discovered green comet tracked by telescopes has likely broken apart as it swung by the sun, dashing hopes ...
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