A young planet is literally making its star angry. Astronomers have discovered that HIP 67522 b, a gas giant orbiting dangerously close to its 17-million-year-old host star, triggers magnetic eruptions that bombard the planet with six times more radiation than it would normally receive. This cosmic act of self-destruction represents the first confirmed case of … Read more
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