Astronomy: Atmosphere out of that world
Abstract
A planet orbiting very close to a Sun-like star is apparently enveloped by an extended atmosphere of hydrogen atoms, and may be losing mass because of the intense radiation from the parent star.
- Publication:
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Nature
- Pub Date:
- March 2003
- DOI:
- 10.1038/422124a
- Bibcode:
- 2003Natur.422..124C