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Astronomers discover a rare hot Neptune planet that ‘shouldn’t exist’ – Digital Trends
Astronomers have discovered a planetary oddity: An exoplanet of an extremely rare type called a hot Neptune.
Astronomers have discovered a planetary oddity: An exoplanet of an extremely rare type called a hot Neptune.
Hot Neptunes are planets around the size of Neptune which lie close to their stars. Astronomers think the reason they are so rare could be because planets of this size rapidly lose their atmospheres when they are close to their stars, and they are quickly eroded down to Earth-size. Hot Neptunes are so rare that astronomers even refer to the area close to a star as a “Neptune desert.”
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