Monday, June 12, 2017

A planet hotter than most stars

06/12/2017 11:37 AM EDT

artist illustration of star KELT-9 and its ultra-hot planet KELT-9b

A newly discovered Jupiter-like world is so hot that it's stretching the definition of the word "planet."


Full story at https://news.osu.edu/news/2017/06/05/hotplanet1/

Source
Ohio State University


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