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A gas giant planet, its hydrogen and helium having been substantially ripped from it, is now having its CNO bones flayed by the UV and high temperature whips of its parent...
"The planet, called HD 209458b, may sound familiar. It is already an extrasolar planet with an astounding list of firsts: the first extrasolar planet discovered transiting its sun, the first with an atmosphere, the first observed to have an evaporating hydrogen atmosphere (in 2003 by the same team of scientists) and now the first to have an atmosphere containing oxygen and carbon. Furthermore the 'blow-off' effect observed by the team during their October and November 2003 observations with Hubble had never been seen before. "
http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=34567
Not exactly the expanding Earth of notNewton ...
"The planet, called HD 209458b, may sound familiar. It is already an extrasolar planet with an astounding list of firsts: the first extrasolar planet discovered transiting its sun, the first with an atmosphere, the first observed to have an evaporating hydrogen atmosphere (in 2003 by the same team of scientists) and now the first to have an atmosphere containing oxygen and carbon. Furthermore the 'blow-off' effect observed by the team during their October and November 2003 observations with Hubble had never been seen before. "
http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=34567
Not exactly the expanding Earth of notNewton ...