Artist's impression of an ultra-hot Neptune.

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Artist's impression of an ultra-hot Neptune. Ultra-hot Neptunes are hot Neptunes with very extreme high temperature ranges. LTT 9779 b is the first ultra-hot Neptune discovered with an orbital period of 19 hours and an atmospheric temperature of over 1700 degrees Celsius.

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Photo credit: © Pablo Carlos Budassi/Stocktrek Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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