Exoplanet WASP-69 b: A gas tail of over 563,000 km discovered!

Exoplanet WASP-69 b: A gas tail of over 563,000 km discovered!

In an exciting discovery, scientists led by Dakotah Tyler of the University of California, Los Angeles, have discovered a rare exoplanet with an impressive gas tail. The planet, known as WASP-69 b, is losing enormous volumes of gas, about 200,000 tons per second, making it a fascinating research topic, as the weather reported. WASP-69 b is located near a K-type main sequence star called WASP-69, located 164 light-years from Earth in the constellation Aquarius.

The findings about WASP-69 b are particularly noteworthy because the exoplanet is in the process of gradually losing its atmosphere through the so-called stellar wind. This phenomenon causes the outflowing gas particles to form a tail, similar to that of a comet. As research shows, this process is influenced by the radiation of the central star and the dynamics of the stellar wind. Furthermore, the scientists explain that WASP-69 b's tail is up to 563,200 kilometers long, which is more than 7.5 times the planet's radius and offers opportunities to better understand how planets' atmospheres change, which could revolutionize the study of exoplanets, such as Wikipedia explained.

Although the loss of matter from the atmosphere occurs in significant quantities, it occurs over billions of years, so there is no immediate danger that such a planet could disappear completely. Overall, the research shows slow but continuous change, teaching scientists how planets evolve over long periods of time. The results of this extraordinary study could also provide valuable insights into the behavior of stars and their influence on the surrounding planets.