Home News Planet WASP-12b is on a death spiral, say scientistsNewsPlanet WASP-12b is on a death spiral, say scientistsJanuary 8, 2020106FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp Astrophysicists have shown that exoplanet WASP-12b, located 600 light-years away, is spiraling in toward certain destruction in about 3 million years.