Sunday, September 1, 2013

Hot Times On A Blue World

There's a big blue world 63 light years away, but it's not a candidate to support life.

In fact, the world is a so-called hot Jupiter orbiting its star at such close range that the surface temperature is roughly 1700 degrees.  That's hot enough that it rains molten glass there, which is what gives the exoplanet the blue tint.

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