Instead of Losing its Atmosphere, an Exoplanet Puffed Up and Held Onto it universetoday.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from universetoday.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A rare exoplanet that should have been stripped down to bare rock by its nearby host star s intense radiation somehow grew a puffy atmosphere instead the latest in a string of discoveries forcing scientists to rethink theories about how planets age and die in extreme environments. Nicknamed Phoenix for its ability to survive its red giant star s radiant energy discovered planet illustrates the vast diversity of solar systems and the complexity of planetary evolution especially at the end of stars lives.
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New studies reveal that older stars have weaker magnetic braking, suggesting that they might be prime locations for finding alien life. Once upon a cosmic time, scientists assumed that stars apply an eternal magnetic brake, causing an endless slowdown of their rotation. With new observations and
Life After Death: Astronomers Discover a Mysterious Planet That Shouldn't Exist scitechdaily.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from scitechdaily.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.