Too Close for Comfort: Hubble Discovers an Evaporating Planet
*Description*: The parent star of transiting planet HD 209458b is called HD 209458. It is similar to our Sun and lies 150 light-years from Earth. The star is visible with binoculars as a seventh magnitude star in the constellation Pegasus. This is a a 1.9 x 1.9 degree three-color composite from t...