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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 ...
Best viewed from the Northern Hemisphere, the Lyrid meteor shower is the world's oldest known of its kind and reliably occurs ...
This week, learn why experts are divided over an exoplanet, see the first footage of a colossal squid in its deep-sea habitat ...
The 2025 Lyrid meteor shower is expected to peak overnight Monday, April 21, into the morning of Tuesday, April 22, according ...
Here’s a little spoiler for next month’s Cosmic Calendar: early May will see the return of the Eta Aquarid meteor shower. The ...
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Formed from leftover particles from comet Thatcher, the Lyrids are the oldest known meteor shower – having been observed ...
Researchers say they discovered evidence that early Earth was home to more hydrogen than previously thought, calling into ...
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 ...
The comet won’t swing close to Earth like Tsuchinshan-Atlas did last year. Other notable flybys included Neowise in 2020 and Hale-Bopp and Hyakutake in the 1990s. The comet, also designated C ...
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