Wasp 12B being consumed by its host star
Depiction of Wasp 12B being consumed by its host star.
Since September 2017, the envisioning of this exoplanet will change, as new surface albedo measurements of this planet yield that it looks as dark as asphalt and the emited light on the lit side might come from the heat. So, a new video version can be found at:
vimeo.com/237118168
Source:
hubblesite.org/news_release/ne...
English and Spanish Subtitles available
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©David Argemí
Graphics by David Argemí.
Narrator: Greg Jachym
Music: Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata performed by Guss Griswold. Licensed under Creative Commons/C3/
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