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Clingy Exoplanets May Cause Their Own Destruction, Study Finds
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Clingy Exoplanets May Cause Their Own Destruction, Study Finds

Astronomers using Cheops and TESS have discovered that the exoplanet HIP 67522 b, which orbits a young, active star, appears to trigger intense stellar flares that erode its wispy atmosphere, potentially leading to its transformation from a Jupiter-sized to a Neptune-sized planet within 100 million years, marking the first evidence of a planet influencing its host star's magnetic activity.