Scalding hot gas giant breaks heat records
KELT 9b’s temps soar higher than many stars
![KELT 9b](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/060217_MT_hot-jupiter_main_FREE.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
SPACE SIZZLE KELT 9b, the hottest known gas giant, is “pretty much something out of a science fiction novel,” says codiscoverer Scott Gaudi of Ohio State University.
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