WASP-121b (IMAGE)

University of Bern

WASP-121b

Caption

The top of the planet's atmosphere is heated to a blazing 2,500 degrees Celsius, hot enough to boil some metals.

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NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon (STSci)

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