Hottest ever: The new planet is half the temperature of the Sun (Image from the Daily Mail)From The Daily Mail:
Scientists have made an amazing discovery in space - the hottest ever planet ever found.
The planet, known as WASP-12b, is believed to be an amazing 2250 Centigrade, about half as hot as the Sun.
The planet, which one and half times the size of Jupiter, orbits at one fortieth the distance between the Earth and the Sun.
Despite the mind-boggling temperature of the new planet, it may not necessarily keep hold of its record for long. Wasp-12b only just edges out the last record-holder HD 149026b, which is a searing 2040 Centigrade.
The discovery was made using two sets of telescopes, one in Spain's Canary Islands and the other in South Africa, to search for signs of 'transiting' planets, which pass in front of and dim their host stars as seen from Earth.
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