A planet named HIP 67522 b exhibits a unique phenomenon by orbiting its host star, HIP 67522, so closely that each orbit triggers powerful radiation flares. These flares are 10,000 times more intense than the sun's and gradually strip away the planet's atmospheric layers. Scientists predict that over the next 100 million years, HIP 67522 b will reduce drastically in size from a Jupiter-like giant to a Neptune-sized body due to this radiation. The star, which is only 17 million years old, produces rapid magnetic fields that interact destructively with the planet's atmosphere.
The first ever recorded 'planet with a death wish' orbits so close to its host star that it triggers huge flares of radiation every time it orbits.
The star, named HIP 67522, is located about 415 light years from Earth and is a little cooler and larger than the sun.
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