Neptune-sized planet weirdly and sporadically burps hydrogen as it circles its star. Trillions of miles…
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AU Microscopii, often abbreviated as AU Mic, is a young, nearby red dwarf star located about 32 light-years from Earth in the constellation Microscopium. It is part of the Beta Pictoris moving group, a collection of stars that are relatively young, around 20-30 million years old. AU Mic is notable for having a large, dusty circumstellar disk, which is thought to be a debris disk resulting from collisions between planetesimals, much like what might have occurred in the early solar system. Recently, exoplanets have been discovered orbiting AU Mic, making it a key target for studying the early stages of planetary system formation and the evolution of planetary atmospheres in the presence of stellar activity from young, active stars like AU Mic.
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