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A Hot Jupiter With a Comet-Like Tail


bout 164 light-years away, a Hot Jupiter orbits its star so closely that it takes fewer than four days to complete an orbit. The planet is named WASP-69b, and it's losing mass into space, stripped away by the star's powerful energy.

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