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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Vishwam Sankaran

First planet of its kind with ‘gargantuan’ comet-like tail discovered

Astronomers have spotted a first-of-its-kind rapidly crumbling planet outside the Solar System that is leaving behind a “gargantuan” comet-like tail of debris.

The Mercury-sized planet, dubbed BD+05 4868 Ab, is 140 light years away from Earth and located in the constellation of Pegasus, according to a new study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters.

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