7 Creepy worlds across the cosmos

Doomed planet

Planet: Wasp-12b

Discovered: 2008

Distance from Earth: 1,400 lightyears

Similar to TrES-2b, Wasp-12b is another hot, Jupiter-like world that reflects very little light. If this wasn’t bad enough, the planet itself is slowly being ‘eaten’ as its atmosphere is escaping into the grasp of its parent star. It’s estimated that Wasp-12b will be fully consumed within the next 10 million years.

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