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Astronomers at The Ohio State University, Vanderbilt University, the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and other institutions have discovered a planet that is so hot, its temperature rivals most stars. The hot planet and its host star are shown here in an animation.

Astronomers at The Ohio State University, Vanderbilt University, the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and other institutions have discovered a planet that is so hot, its temperature rivals most stars. The hot planet and its host star are shown here in an artist's impression.