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Showing posts with label solid veil of gas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label solid veil of gas. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Distant star ingest a planet the size of Jupiter


Sized planet about 1.4 times larger than Jupiter is captivated by its own star for a solid veil of gas, according to new observations made ​​space telescope "Hubble".

The planet WASP-b is a gas giant, spinning dangerously close to its parent star so that its evaporation created a dense cloud of gas that does not pass light.