Evaporating exoplanet stirs up dust
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - 14:30
in Astronomy & Space
Dutch astronomers have found clear evidence that a faraway exoplanet is falling apart. New analysis of data from NASA's Kepler satellite shows that this exoplanet, which orbits its host star every 16 hours, has a massive dust tail originating from its surface, similar to a comet's tail. The study will be published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics.