Clingy planets can trigger their own doom, Cheops and TESS suggest
Wednesday, July 2, 2025 - 10:17
in Astronomy & Space
Astronomers using the European Space Agency's Cheops mission have caught an exoplanet that seems to be triggering flares of radiation from the star it orbits. These tremendous explosions are blasting away the planet's wispy atmosphere, causing it to shrink every year.