NASA Data Reveals Possible Reason Some Exoplanets Are Shrinking
November 15, 2023
November 15, 2023
PASADENA, California, Nov. 15 (TNSres) -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news:
A new study could explain the 'missing' exoplanets between super-Earths and sub-Neptunes.
Some exoplanets seem to be losing their atmospheres and shrinking. In a new study using NASA's retired Kepler Space Telescope, astronomers find evidence of a possible cause: The cores of these planets are pushing away their atmospheres from the inside out.
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A new study could explain the 'missing' exoplanets between super-Earths and sub-Neptunes.
Some exoplanets seem to be losing their atmospheres and shrinking. In a new study using NASA's retired Kepler Space Telescope, astronomers find evidence of a possible cause: The cores of these planets are pushing away their atmospheres from the inside out.
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