A Distant Alien Planet Has a Giant, Squishy Bulge!

By using a super-powerful space telescope, astronomers just captured a world 1,300 light-years away that is being blown out of shape by wild, scorching winds! The intense heat on planet WASP-17b makes one side of its air stretch far out into space, turning it into a giant, lopsided gas ball. Imagine living on a planet where the wind is strong enough to change the shape of the whole sky!