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First planet of its kind with ‘gargantuan’ comet-like tail discovered
First planet of its kind with ‘gargantuan’ comet-like tail discovered - Planet’s ‘tail’ is millions of miles long, ...
Astronomers discover doomed planet shedding a Mount Everest's worth of material every orbit, leaving behind a comet-like tail
Astronomers discovered a planet that orbits its star so closely that its surface is being scorched into magma and vaporizing ...
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Astronomers Discover a Doomed Exoplanet That’s Crumbling Away and Leaving Behind a Comet-Like Tail
The planet orbits its host star in just 30.5 hours, losing a mass of material roughly equal to Mount Everest each time ...
This planet is crumbling apart, giving it a giant tail like a comet
Astronomers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have made an unusual discovery, finding a planet which is in the process of disintegrating. And as it decays, it is leaving behind a ...
Planet with comet-like tail observed disintegrating near its star
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Astronomers have spotted a small rocky planet that orbits perilously close to its host ...
One Orbit, One Everest Lost: A Planet Evaporates Into a 9-Million-Kilometer Tail
Astronomers from MIT have uncovered a dramatic celestial spectacle: a Mercury-sized exoplanet that is rapidly disintegrating ...
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 ...
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A new comet appeared in the sky, then likely disintegrated. But it can still be seen
The Minor Planet Center officially designated it as C/2025 F2 (SWAN) on April 8. The three astronomers “noticed a faint smudge, indicative of a comet, that seemed to move across the sky over a period ...
MIT astronomers discover crumbling planet; may offer insight into Earth-like conditions in space
The planet is "crumbling to pieces," shedding the equivalent of Mount Everest’s mass every 30.5-hour orbit and will be ...
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This Planet Is So Close to Its Star It Is Literally Falling Apart, Leaving a Comet-like Tail of Dust in Space
At such close proximity to its star, the planet is likely covered in magma boiling off into space. As the roasting planet ...
Astronomers Discover Planet With a Tail
"The extent of the tail is gargantuan, stretching up to 9 million kilometers [5.6 million miles] long," said MIT astronomer ...
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Planet with comet-like tail observed disintegrating near its star
WASHINGTON, April 22 (Reuters) - Astronomers have spotted a small rocky planet that orbits perilously close to its host star disintegrating as its surface is vaporized by stellar heat, trailed by ...