WASP-12b is Doomed in 3 million years, say Princeton Astrophysicists (IMAGE)

Princeton University

WASP-12b is Doomed in 3 million years, say Princeton Astrophysicists

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An artist created this illustration of the searing-hot gas planet WASP-12b and its star. A Princeton-led team of astrophysicists has shown that this exoplanet is spiraling in toward its host star, heading toward certain destruction in about 3 million years.

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NASA/JPL-Caltech

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