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A hot Jupiter planet is pushed too closely to its star and starts to evaporate, shedding its outer layers into the surrounding disc. (Image credit: Sergei Nayakshin/Vardan Elbakyan, University of Leicester)
A hot Jupiter planet is pushed too closely to its star and starts to evaporate, shedding its outer layers into the surrounding disc. (Image credit: Sergei Nayakshin/Vardan Elbakyan, University of Leicester)