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NEWS April 13, 2016 Scientists Discover Hot Super-Earths Being Stripped by Host Stars
By: sristy SahaUsing data from Nasa’s Kepler space telescope, astrophysicists from the University of Birmingham have discovered extra-solar planets whose atmospheres have been stripped away by their host stars. According to them, planets with gaseous atmospheres that lie very close to their host stars are bombarded by a torrent of high-energy radiation. Due to their proximity to […]
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