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First planet of its kind with ‘gargantuan’ comet-like tail discovered

First planet of its kind with ‘gargantuan’ comet-like tail discovered - Planet’s ‘tail’ is millions of miles long, researchers say

Mashable · 2h

This weird planet sports a giant tail like a comet

This strange exoplanet, located 140 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Pegasus, appears to be rapidly falling apart. Its blistering host star is so close, the radiation is effectively melting it down, leaving behind a long tail of dust.

Reuters on MSN · 21h

Planet with comet-like tail observed disintegrating near its star

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Astronomers have spotted a small rocky planet that orbits perilously close to its host star disintegrating as its surface is vaporized by stellar heat, trailed by a comet-like tail of mineral dust up to about 5.

ZME Science on MSN2h

This Planet Is So Close to Its Star It Is Literally Falling Apart, Leaving a Comet-like Tail of Dust in Space

At such close proximity to its star, the planet is likely covered in magma boiling off into space. As the roasting planet ...

Space.com on MSN22h

Astronomers discover doomed planet shedding a Mount Everest's worth of material every orbit, leaving behind a comet-like tail

Astronomers discovered a planet that orbits its star so closely that its surface is being scorched into magma and vaporizing ...

22h

Astronomers discover hellscape world crumbling into its host sun

We were doing the typical planet vetting, and I happened to spot this signal that appeared very unusual.” An orbiting ...

Scientific American7d

Mysterious Dark Comets Puzzle Astronomers

A group of comets with unexplained movements presents a quandary D avide Farnocchia hunts down and tracks asteroids, and ...

Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)1d

A green comet is fading fast after its trip around the sun

A newly discovered green comet tracked by telescopes has likely broken apart as it swung by the sun, dashing hopes of a naked ...

1don MSN

A green comet likely is breaking apart and won't be visible to the naked eye

NEW YORK -- A newly discovered green comet tracked by telescopes has likely broken apart as it swung by the sun, dashing hopes of a naked-eye spectacle.

Smithsonian Magazine12d

A Newly Discovered and Brilliantly Green Comet Is Dazzling Astronomers. Here’s What to Know About the Glowing Celestial Visitor

New bright comet SWAN25F 2025-04-06 UT 2.50 LRGB 16/5/5/5 min 11"/2.2 RASA QHY600 Comets are bodies of rock, dust and ice left over from the formation of our universe. When they pass close to ...

Space.com12d

What to expect from the newfound Comet Swan: An observer's guide

Skywatchers throughout the Northern Hemisphere are enjoying views of the newly discovered Comet SWAN ... meaning its shape resembles an extremely elongated ellipse. At the far end of that ellipse ...

Yahoo News UK4d

A new comet appeared in the sky, then likely disintegrated. But it can still be seen

When a new comet appears in the sky, there is often excitement. But things don’t always end well for the ancient celestial objects, made of ice, frozen gases and rock, as they near the sun — and ...

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