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Found planet kills star

Найдена планета, которую "убивает" звездаAstronomers have discovered a planet dying because of the stars.

American scientists-astronomers from the University of Houston recently found in the constellation of Orion the newborn alien world, which includes exoplanet.

The scientists said that a celestial body is very similar to Jupiter, and very soon it can die because of too high activity of young stars that has an age of 2 million years.

It should be added that scientists have discovered an exoplanet called PTF08-8695b and is located in the constellation of Orion at a distance of 1100 light-years from our planet. But to identify such things the researchers are due to telescope Observatory Palomar Transient Factory. During the research, experts have determined that the surface of the exoplanet is the same amount of hydrogen is high in energy, as well as from its young star.

This phenomenon could be detrimental to a newborn world. Because of the activity of the private glow the stars of heaven gas body PTF08 soon can go out.

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