Stars Can Strip Gas Giants Naked

Wednesday, April 22, 2009 - 22:10 in Astronomy & Space

Jupiter-like planets that hug their host stars too tightly could be slowly stripped to their cores by solar winds and strong radiation storms, new models suggest.

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