Scientists have found a planet so strange, it seems to ignore the rules of physics we know! 🌌 This wild discovery, called WASP-12b, is a gas giant so close to its star that it’s stretched into the shape of a football instead of being round. 🏈 Not only that, but it’s so hot—about 4,600°F (2,550°C)—that it’s literally being vaporized by its star’s intense heat. 🌞 What’s crazier? Its years last just 26 hours, because it zooms around its star at insane speeds. 🌪️ Plus, the planet’s surface is pitch black, absorbing almost all the light that hits it—like a cosmic sponge. 🌠 Credit:
Jupiter's Great Red Spot: By David Ladd/NASA, https://images.nasa.gov/details/GSFC_20180313_Jupiter_m12878_GreatRedSpot
TESS: By NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/tess/
Venus Transit: By NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/SDO, https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10996/
Hidden Planets: By NASA - JPLPlanetQuest / YouTube, https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/exep/coronagraphvideo/
Land of Three Suns: By NASA/JPL-Caltech, https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia03520-land-of-three-suns-artists-concept-animation/
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planet HD 189733b: By ESA/Hubble, NASA, ESA, M. Kornmesser - https://esahubble.org/images/heic1312a/, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27358993
Koenigstuhl1: By Legacy Surveys / D.Lang (Perimeter Institute) & Meli thev, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=151112776
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