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Exoplanets come in pretty much all colors, including pitch black. The huge, blistering-hot alien world WASP-12b has a reflectance, or albedo, of just 0.064 at most, a new study reports. If you're ...

Astronomers believe an egg-shaped exoplanet is hurtling towards its parent star faster than previously thought, Space.com reports. It’s called WASP-12b, and while the existence of an egg planet is ...

Exoplanets come in pretty much all colors, including pitch black. The huge, blistering-hot alien world WASP-12b has a reflectance, or albedo, of just 0.064 at most, a new study reports. "This is an ...

This artist's impression shows the exoplanet WASP-12b -- an alien world as black as fresh asphalt, orbiting a star like our Sun. NASA, ESA and G. Bacon (STScI) When you imagine planets outside of our ...

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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 An international group ...

WASP-12b was originally discovered in 2008 and since then has been a point of interest for many astronomers around the world due to its strange and relatively close proximity to Earth. WASP-12b is an ...

"According to our calculations, the planet will crash into the star in just 3 million years." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

Earth is doomed — but not for 5 billion years. Our planet will be roasted as our sun expands and becomes a red giant, but the exoplanet WASP-12b, located 600 light-years away in the constellation ...

A team of astrophysicists led by Princeton University has found an exoplanet that is within three million years of destruction. Situated 14,000 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Auriga, ...

Artist’s illustration showing the exoplanet WASP-12b, which is as black as fresh asphalt in optical wavelengths. Exoplanets come in pretty much all colors, including pitch black. The huge, ...