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Scientists are BAFFLED after discovering the first ever 'planet with a death wish' - and say it's a completely new phenomenon
The first ever recorded 'planet with a death wish' orbits so close to its host star that it triggers huge flares of radiation ...
Clingy planets can trigger their own doom, Cheops and TESS suggest
Astronomers using the European Space Agency's Cheops mission have caught an exoplanet that seems to be triggering flares of radiation from the star it orbits. These tremendous explosions are blasting ...
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Astronomers Found the Most Self-Destructive Planet in the Sky
But a newfound planet exerts an unexpectedly strong—and ultimately self-destructive—influence on its star in return. The star HIP 67522 is slightly larger than our sun and shines roughly 408 ...
Euronews Culture's Film of the Week: 'F1 The Movie' - if ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ was in the pits
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Space.com53m
Exoplanets that cling too tightly to their stars trigger their own doom: 'This is a completely new phenomenon'
Some planets take the expression "you're your own worst enemy" to the extreme. At least, that's what astronomers found when ...
Live Science53m
'A completely new phenomenon': Astronomers spot a planet causing its star to constantly explode
Astronomers have spotted an alien planet orbiting so closely to its home star, the planet's magnetic field is triggering ...