Baby Exoplanet Is Getting Hit By ‘Barrage Of X-Rays’ Causing To Shrink

Exoplanet TOI 1227 b is being bombarded by x-rays from its host red dwarf star, causing it to “shrink from the size of Jupiter with a thick atmosphere to a small, barren world,” according to the NASA Chandra team.

Credit: NASA/CXC/A. Hobar