Contact Dr. Guido Thimm Centre for Astronomy of Heidelberg University (ZAH) Phone +49 6221 54-1805 Communications and Marketing Press Office Phone +49 6221 54-2311   Original publication M.S. Lundkvist, H. Kjeldsen, S. Albrecht et al.: Hot super-Earths stripped by their host stars. Nature Communications 7, doi:10.1038/ncomms11201   |  >  > Planetary Striptease Press Release No. 46/2016 15 April 2016 Astronomers show that the atmospheres of super-Earths are blown away by radiation from their host stars Credit: Peter Devine NASA’s “Kepler” satellite permanently observes the same section of space and records changes in the brightness of the stars observed. Seen from the earth, small planets that pass in front of the star cause a mini-solar eclipse with tiny, characteristic changes in bright
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