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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 ...
Astronomers from MIT have uncovered a dramatic celestial spectacle: a Mercury-sized exoplanet that is rapidly disintegrating ...
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 ...
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Molecules From Space May Have Sparked Life on Earth Billions of Years AgoLearn about new evidence that suggests life on Earth may have started with the help of molecules that were delivered by ...
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Formed from leftover particles from comet Thatcher, the Lyrids are the oldest known meteor shower – having been observed ...
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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