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Massive Planet WASP-12b Is Torn Apart by Its Own Tides

Posted: February 26, 2010 | Author: | Filed under: Space |Leave a comment »

An international group of astrophysicists has determined that a massive planet outside our Solar System is being distorted and destroyed by its host star — a finding that helps explain the unexpectedly large size of the planet, WASP-12b.

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