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Recently-Discovered Exoplanet Triggers Flares on Its Parent Star

The hot-Jupiter exoplanet HIP 67522b orbits its parent star, HIP 67522, so tightly that it appears to cause frequent flares from the star’s surface, heating and inflating the planet’s atmosphere, according an analysis of data from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and ESA’s CHaracterising ExoPlanets Telescope (CHEOPS).

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