A hot planet

An artist’s rendition of “hot Jupiter” planet KELT-9b, and its host star KELT-9, is shown. A University of Wyoming team of researchers, led by assistant professor Hannah Jang-Condell, contributed to a paper about the planet’s discovery.

Roughly 650 light-years from earth, a planet larger than Jupiter and hotter than most stars zips around its host star, KELT-9, once every one-and-a-half days.

Hannah Jang-Condell, University of Wyoming assistant professor of physics and astronomy, helped confirm the planet’s discovery with a team composed of graduate and undergraduate UW students.

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