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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
Astronomers have detected a small planet that is literally falling to pieces. The object, coined BD +05 4868 Ab, orbits a ...
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May Brings Budhaditya Rajyoga: Luck and Success for 3 Zodiac Signs
May will witness significant planetary transits, most notably that of Mercury, the prince of planets, and the Sun.
India Today8h
New planet is breaking apart, losing material equal to a Mount Everest per orbit
About 5,800 planets beyond our solar system, called exoplanets, have been discovered since the 1990s. Of those, only four ...
Dawn15h
Planet with comet-like tail observed disintegrating near its star
WASHINGTON: Astronomers have spotted a small rocky planet that orbits perilously close to its host star disintegrating as its ...
Science Daily18h
Astronomers discover a planet that's rapidly disintegrating, producing a comet-like tail
A planet 140 light-years from Earth is rapidly coming apart due to its close proximity to its star. The roasting planet is effectively evaporating away: It sheds an enormous amount of surface minerals ...