<ul><li>Astronomers have directly observed two exoplanets shedding their outer layers into space for the first time.</li><li>The first exoplanet, K2-22b, is a Neptune-size rocky world with temperatures that can melt and vaporize rock.</li><li>The second exoplanet, BD+054868Ab, has two massive tails and is losing a moon's worth of material every million years.</li><li>The findings provide valuable insights into the composition and behavior of exoplanets.</li></ul>

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