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Hubble Discovers an Evaporating Planet

Licensed2Hack writes "For the first time, astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have observed the atmosphere of an extrasolar planet evaporating off into space. Much of the planet may eventually disappear, leaving only a dense core. The planet is a type of extrasolar planet known as a "hot Jupiter." Spaceflightnow and Nature have the details."

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  1. dry planet? by Joe+the+Lesser · · Score: 4, Funny

    May I recommend core-so-soft lotion? Guaranteed to bring revitilizing atmosphere and vitaman E to itchy and dry celestial bodies.

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