Hiccups happen to everyone... even planets.
Hubble observed an exoplanet orbiting so close to its parent star that it experiences a consistent, torrential blast of energy, which evaporates its hydrogen atmosphere – causing it to puff off the planet: https://go.nasa.gov/3OzYIvm
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Hubble Sees Evaporating Planet Getting the Hiccups
A young planet whirling around a petulant red dwarf star is changing in unpredictable ways orbit-by-orbit.Andrea Gianopoulos (NASA)
Panther
in reply to NASA • • •George Dinwiddie
in reply to NASA • • •If a planet can get the hiccups, perhaps a planet can also catch a fever.
(Boy, it's hot outside!)