WASP-121b (IMAGE)
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Researchers have found that a "hot Jupiter" exoplanet named WASP-121b (left) has a stratosphere hot enough to boil iron. The planet is as close to its host star (right) as possible without the star's gravity ripping the planet apart.
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Engine House VFX, At-Bristol Science Centre, University of Exeter
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