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# space
We've seen gas giants orbiting so close to their stars, their atmospheres are being stripped off. COROT-7b may show us what happens at the end of that process.
# space
Gas giants with an extremely eccentric orbit seem to have very wild and destructive years...
# space
Welcome to the truly hellish world of WASP-12b, a planet being eaten by its star.