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WASP-121b

WASP-121b, a "hot Jupiter" planet so close to its star that heavy metals escape its atmosphere. The tidal forces make it flatten like an American football. Figure: Space Telescope Science Center.

The Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a football-shaped planet spewing metals from its atmosphere

Avi Blizovsky
August 6, 2019
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