Saturday, 10 December 2022

Star may have drawn scorching 'hell planet' into super-close orbit

Star may have drawn scorching 'hell planet' into super-close orbit

You thought Venus was hot? While the planet does have an average surface temperature of nearly 900 degrees Fahrenheit (500 degrees Celsius), there's an exoplanet just 40 light-years away from Earth that has a surface temperature a scorching three times hotter: 3,600 degrees Fahrenheit (2,000 degrees Celsius). Now, new data has led scientists to develop a theory of how this "hell planet" came to be.

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