Surviving core of ill-fated Jupiter-like planet spotted near distant star

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WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - A rocky planet 39 times as massive as Earth has been spotted orbiting a distant star at breakneck speed, with astronomers concluding it may be the surviving core of a planet once perhaps larger than Jupiter that was stripped of its gaseous atmosphere.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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WASHINGTON - A rocky planet 39 times as massive as Earth has been spotted orbiting a distant star at breakneck speed, with astronomers concluding it may be the surviving core of a planet once perhaps larger than Jupiter that was stripped of its gaseous atmosphere.

The planet, called TOI-849b, orbits a star a bit smaller and cooler than the sun, located 730 light years from Earth. A light year is the distance light travels in a year, 9.5 trillion km. "This planet could have been a gas giant like Jupiter, which then lost its outer envelope through some violent evolution.

"An alternative is that the planet got stuck while forming, building up a core but failing to collect the gas we would normally expect."

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