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http://space.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn11816&feedId=online-news_rss20 said:Temperatures on the planet HD 149026b, which lies about 25 times closer to its star than Earth does to the Sun, reach a scorching 2040? Celsius ? almost as hot as some small stars.
http://space.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn11816&feedId=online-news_rss20 said:The team found that the planet does not appear to reflect any starlight, suggesting it must be blacker than charcoal. But because it is so hot, it may glow like an ember.
http://space.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn11816&feedId=online-news_rss20http://space.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn11816&feedId=online-news_rss20 said:It is thought to contain more heavy elements than all of the bodies in our solar system, excluding the Sun. That is because it is extraordinarily dense ? scientists had previously discovered it has a solid core with a mass of 70 to 90 Earths
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