Scientists Discover A Scorched Planet With A Comet-Like Tail
The planet called KELT-9b is around three times more massive than Jupiter. It orbits a blue star about 650 light-years away from Earth that's nearly twice as hot as our own sun.
Scientists have found a shockingly hot, massive, Jupiter-like planet that has a tail like a comet.
"It is so hot that it is hotter than most stars that we know of out there," says Scott Gaudi of Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, whose team describes the scorching world called KELT-9b in the journal Nature.
The planet, which is around three times more massive than Jupiter, orbits a blue star
