Phase curve analysis of 'Hot Neptune' (VIDEO) University of Kansas This video is under embargo. Please login to access this video. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Caption "For the first time, we measured the light coming from this planet that shouldn't exist," said Ian Crossfield, assistant professor of physics & astronomy at KU and lead author of the paper. "This planet is so intensely irradiated by its star that its temperature is over 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit and its atmosphere could have evaporated entirely. Yet, our Spitzer observations show us its atmosphere via the infrared light the planet emits." Credit Ethen Schmidt | University of Kansas Usage Restrictions None License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.