<ul><li>An exoplanet near Earth, called WASP-69 b, has a gigantic tail stretching over 40 times the length of Earth.</li><li>The tail is composed of gas leaking from the exoplanet's atmosphere and is being blown by stellar winds, resembling a giant 'windsock'.</li><li>The exoplanet is a gas giant similar in size to Jupiter and orbits a star about 160 light-years away from Earth.</li><li>The discovery of the tail provides valuable insights into the formation and evolution of gas giants and allows scientists to study stellar winds in distant stars.</li></ul>

Nearby exoplanet has grown a tail 44 times longer than Earth — and it's acting like a giant 'stellar windsock'

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