Scorching exoplanet is a little like Earth in one key way, scientists say

Artist’s impression of WASP-189b, an exoplanet orbiting the star HD 133112, which is one of the hottest stars known to have a planetary system.


Bibiana Prinoth

Approximately 322 light-years from Earth, an extreme planet by the name of WASP-189b orbits one of the hottest stars in the universe, HD 133112.

Twenty times closer to its star than we are to the sun, WASP-189b absolutely blisters with a daytime temperature of 5,792 degrees Fahrenheit (3,200 degrees…

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