Astronomers have discovered that the well-studied exoplanet WASP-12b reflects almost no light, making it appear essentially pitch black. This discovery sheds new light on the atmospheric composition ...

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Astronomers have discovered that a distant, scorching hot planet twice the size of Jupiter is on a death-spiral trajectory that will send it careening into its parent star. A crash is expected to ...

A team of astrophysicists led by Princeton University has found an exoplanet that is within three million years of destruction. Situated 14,000 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Auriga, ...

A massive planet outside our solar system is being distorted and destroyed by its host star -- a finding that helps explain the unexpectedly large size of the planet, WASP-12b An international group ...

Earth is doomed -- but not for 5 billion years. Our planet will be roasted as our sun expands and becomes a red giant, but the exoplanet WASP-12b, located 600 light-years away in the constellation ...

A bizarre exoplanet that’s darker than asphalt is hurtling toward an unfortunate end. The exoplanet absorbs 94 percent of the light that touches it, giving it a specter-like dark hue. But it takes on ...

WASP-12b is an extreme hot Jupiter in a 1 day orbit, suffering profound irradiation from its F type host star. The planet is surrounded by a translucent exosphere which overfills the Roche lobe and ...

WASP-12b was originally discovered in 2008 and since then has been a point of interest for many astronomers around the world due to its strange and relatively close proximity to Earth. WASP-12b is an ...

Astrophysicists have shown that exoplanet WASP-12b, located 600 light-years away, is spiraling in toward certain destruction in about 3 million years. Earth is doomed -- but not for 5 billion years.

An international group of astrophysicists has determined that a massive planet outside our Solar System is being distorted and destroyed by its host star–a finding that helps explain the unexpectedly ...

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