A massive planet outside our solar system is being distorted and destroyed by its host star -- a finding that helps explain the unexpectedly large size of the planet, WASP-12b An international group ...

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Astronomers have discovered that the well-studied exoplanet WASP-12b reflects almost no light, making it appear essentially pitch black. This discovery sheds new light on the atmospheric composition ...

Former (and current) goth kids, prepare to meet your spiritual home. On Thursday, astronomers announced that, much like your cold, cynical heart, the newly-discovered exoplanet WASP-12b is pitch-black ...

Astronomers have discovered that a distant, scorching hot planet twice the size of Jupiter is on a death-spiral trajectory that will send it careening into its parent star. A crash is expected to ...

An international group of astrophysicists has determined that a massive planet outside our Solar System is being distorted and destroyed by its host star–a finding that helps explain the unexpectedly ...