Newborn Alien World Is Getting Annihilated by Its Host Star

Friday, June 10, 2016 - 15:01 in Astronomy & Space

The outer layers of the Jupiter-like exoplanet candidate PTFO8-8695b are being ripped away by the strong gravity of its 2-million-year-old host star, a new study suggests.

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