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Goddard TV Video Tape: G2012-067 -- Evaporating Exoplanet

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Artist's interpretation of what the exoplanet, flare, and atmosphere loss might have looked like. HD 189733b Exoplanet Animation
This artist's rendering illustrates the evaporation of HD 189733b's atmosphere in response to a powerful eruption from its host star. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope detected the escaping gases and NASA's Swift satellite caught the stellar flare. Hubble, Swift Detect First-ever Changes in an Exoplanet Atmosphere