NASA Finds Super Hot Planet With Unique Comet-Like Tail

Published on July 15, 2010 by SpaceRef Top Stories   ·   No Comments Astronomers using Hubble Space Telescope have confirmed the existence of a baked object that could be called a "cometary planet." The planet, named HD 209458b, is orbiting so close to its star that its heated atmosphere is escaping into space.

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