(Description) Figure 19 Artist’s impression of the shrouded WASP-12 planetary system. The super-hot planet WASP-12 b is being heated to such an extent that it is losing its outer gaseous layers, feeding its star and creating a diffuse gas cloud surrounding the entire planetary system.

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This is an artist’s impression of the gas being lost from the super-hot planet WASP-12 b.