Rocky Exoplanets Are Literally Being Vaporized

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Astronomers have discovered a disintegrating rocky planet in another solar system.1,2 This extrasolar planet, or exoplanet, has been given the designation BD+05 4868 Ab. It orbits so close to its host star that the intense heat is literally vaporizing its solid, rocky material! The astronomers making the discovery explained,

Small, rocky planets orbiting their host stars too closely can vapor… More…

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