3 juillet 2025|
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|5 months agoSwiss Space Telescope Discovers Self-Destructing Planet
CHEOPS telescope identifies first evidence of a 'suicidal' planet that triggers solar flares destroying its own atmosphere, marking significant astronomical breakthrough
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- The Swiss space telescope CHEOPS has identified the first evidence of a 'suicidal' planet.
- The planet HIP 67522 b triggers powerful solar flares from its host star that destroy its own atmosphere.
- The planet orbits its star in just seven days.
- The host star is extremely young at only 17 million years old.
- The observed flares are 100 times more energetic than scientists theoretically expected.
By The Numbers
100 million years
Timeframe for shrinking
100x
Energy increase
17 million years
Star age
7 days
Orbital period
They Said
"This appears to be the first evidence of a suicidal planet."
"Named HIP 67522 b, this exoplanet triggers solar flares so powerful that they literally blow away its atmosphere, causing it to shrink."