UC-Santa Cruz: Astronomers Observe Giant Tails of Helium Escaping Jupiter-Like Planet
June 09, 2023
June 09, 2023
SANTA CRUZ, California, June 9 (TNSjou) -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news:
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The heat of its host star is evaporating the atmosphere from a "hot Jupiter" exoplanet, creating some of the longest gas tails ever observed around a planet
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A planet nearly twice the size of Jupiter is losing its atmosphere through dramatic jets of helium unfurling before and behind it as it travels through . . .
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The heat of its host star is evaporating the atmosphere from a "hot Jupiter" exoplanet, creating some of the longest gas tails ever observed around a planet
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A planet nearly twice the size of Jupiter is losing its atmosphere through dramatic jets of helium unfurling before and behind it as it travels through . . .