HD 149026b is a sweltering 3,700 degrees Fahrenheit (2,040 degrees Celsius), so hot that astronomers believe it is absorbing almost all of the heat from its star, and reflecting very little to no light.
Credit: Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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