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Exoplanet WASP-69 b is followed by a staggeringly long tail
Although it’s been previously studied, astronomers have just confirmed that the blazing-hot world is trailed by a 350,000-mile-long (563,270 kilometers) gaseous tail ... WASP-69 b has such a ...
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Exoplanet WASP-69b Uncovered A 350,000-Mile-Long Comet-Like Tail
Observations of Exoplanet WASP-69b has uncovered a 350,000-mile-long comet-like tail. The tail is a result of its escaping ...
Space.com1y
This huge exoplanet's comet-like tail is 350,000 miles long and scientists are thrilled
The hot Jupiter WASP-69B ... That tail, which was thought to be just a tiny trail of helium particles, if it existed at all, is now estimated to be at least 350,000 miles long (563,270 kilometers ...
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This Distant Exoplanet Has a 350,000-Mile-Long Tail, Like a Comet
Stars eject fast-moving streams of particles called stellar wind, and this force from WASP-69b’s star is kicking gas out of the planet’s atmosphere, forming a tail that stretches at least ...