Astronomers discover a planet that's rapidly disintegrating, producing a comet-like tail
April 22, 2025
April 22, 2025
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 22 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news:
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Astronomers discover a planet that's rapidly disintegrating, producing a comet-like tail
MIT astronomers have discovered a planet some 140 light-years from Earth that is rapidly crumbling to pieces.
The disintegrating world is about the mass of Mercury, although it circles about 20 times closer to its star than Mercury does to . . .
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Astronomers discover a planet that's rapidly disintegrating, producing a comet-like tail
MIT astronomers have discovered a planet some 140 light-years from Earth that is rapidly crumbling to pieces.
The disintegrating world is about the mass of Mercury, although it circles about 20 times closer to its star than Mercury does to . . .