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💥 @NASAHubble catches a petulant star blasting a planet. Flares, powered by intense magnetic fields tangled by the roiling motions of the stellar atmosphere, lead to torrential winds, X-rays and more. go.nasa.gov/43Pa3Me
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Hubble Sees Evaporating Planet Getting the Hiccups

A young planet whirling around a petulant red dwarf star is changing in unpredictable ways orbit-by-orbit.
Andrea Gianopoulos (NASA)
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